US EditionWaymo Drives Through Middle of Police Standoff
Waymo's driverless taxi navigated an active LAPD standoff in downtown Los Angeles without incident during a 15-second encounter, amid ongoing operational challenges.
- On Sunday, passengers in a Waymo robotaxi were driven just a few feet from a police stop in downtown Los Angeles, an encounter filmed by onlookers that ended with nobody hurt.
- The Waymo vehicle appeared to slow and signal it was turning rather than splitting away, while police officers immediately yelled at the vehicle and approached the man with weapons drawn.
- Waymo reported passing over 100 million miles without a human driver but faced snafus like a cyber-prank sending five vehicles to a dead-end and five vehicles torched by anti-ICE protesters.
- Waymo said `Safety is our highest priority at Waymo` and police could not issue a ticket because there was no human driver to cite.
- NBC News has reached out to the LAPD as scrutiny mounts while Alphabet-owned Waymo expands service in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area and Phoenix, including its recent freeway expansion.
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Berliner Morgenpost
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A Waymo car turned left and ended up in the middle of a police confrontation... and everything was filmed.
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TMZ
Waymo Drives Through Middle of Police Standoff
If driverless cars are the future, we might see way more of this ... a Waymo took a left turn smack dab into the middle of a police standoff ... and it's all on video. Viral video spreading on social media shows one of the driverless ride service…
Waymo driverless taxi drives directly into active LAPD standoff
A video posted on social media has shown an occupied Waymo driverless taxi driving directly into the middle of an active LAPD standoff in downtown Los Angeles. As could be seen in the short video, which was initially posted on Instagram by user Alex Choi, a Waymo driverless taxi drove directly into the middle of an active LAPD standoff in downtown Los Angeles. The driverless taxi made an unprotected left turn despite what appeared to be a red li…
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