Texas Self-Driving Cars: Smooth Ride Ahead | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 26, 2026 · 1m

Texas is embracing self-driving cars with surprising enthusiasm, thanks to low crash rates and positive feedback from lawmakers. New state rules now track autonomous vehicles and offer a reporting portal for issues — most complaints? Just about cars being overly cautious. Only 16 crashes were reported this year, and in 12, the self-driving tech wasn’t even involved. The three where it was blamed? All had human drivers in the safety seats. Still, bumps remain — like a Waymo hitting a pedestrian already struck by another car in Dallas, and briefly blocking emergency responders in Austin…