San Francisco man says he feared for his life after his Waymo entered a construction zone and sped off, prompting a highway patrol chase
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In a construction site, a human knows that a barred track is no longer a road. For the autonomous taxis of Waymo, the border has just become blurred. Alphabet's subsidiary recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis after a series of incursions into closed highway yards. Thirteen vehicles have engaged in forbidden sections, six times in Phoenix and seven in San Francisco. No injuries have been reported, but the risk to workers and other users is obvious. Fac…
San Francisco man says he feared for his life after his Waymo entered a construction zone and sped off, prompting a highway patrol chase
Waymo has restricted freeway access for its self-driving cars after several troubling incidents, including one involving a San Francisco resident whose car drove into a construction zone. Elliot Slade said the incident happened last month, just five minutes into his trip on Highway 101, when the car started acting strangely. The car first tried to merge into other lanes, then steered straight into a construction zone and sped up. “There were sig…
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