SAN JOSE, Calif. -- On Friday, Waymo announced a voluntary recall after recorded issues in Texas.

Videos showed the robotaxis illegally driving past stopped school buses in Austin.

No injuries were reported, but after more than 19 incidents, school leaders asked Waymo to pause all operations near schools during pick-up and drop-off.

Our sister station KGO-TV spoke with tech analyst and San Jose State professor Ahmed Banafa.

"The issue of autonomous cars is trust, why should I take this car and this car has this history? Now the software they have to do it because again we're talking about near miss," Banafa said.

In a statement to KGO-TV, Waymo says it is not taking its robotaxis off the roads for the recall. It says all vehicles had a software update by Nov. 17.

"Are they open for

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