Tesla’s robotaxis face a US safety review over school zone speeding
NHTSA has opened a defect petition review into claims that Tesla robotaxis exceeded posted speed limits in active school zones, covering about 1,000 vehicles with no reported crashes or injuries. Speeding is also the specific obstacle holding up Tesla’s bid for EU-wide approval of its driver-assistance software.
America’s road safety regulator is reviewing a claim that Tesla’s robotaxis speed through school zones. The petition says the cars exceeded posted limits in active zones with their automated driving systems engaged.
It covers 2026 model year Robotaxi, Model Y and Cybercab vehicles, an estimated 1,000 in total, Business Insider reported. The filing records no crashes, no injuries and no fatalities.
Those are the same 1,000 vehicles already under a separate NHTSA inquiry into how Tesla certified the Cybercab, which has no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors and which the company signed off itself.
The evidence is thin so far. An unnamed...
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