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Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board [View all]
https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-pulled-cars-freeway-fled-policeWe’ve seen Waymo’s fleet of autonomous taxis cause plenty of mayhem on public streets. They like to ignore bike lanes, drive the wrong way down busy roads, and even rely on remote workers in the Philippines when they get stumped.
Riding them can also quickly turn into a terrifying near-death experience, as one couple in San Francisco found out firsthand. As CBS News reports, the couple was looking to get home in the Mission District only for their Waymo cab to veer off a highway and accelerate to terrifying speeds while driving down a construction lane.
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In the last two months alone, Waymo’s vehicles have been observed driving through flooded streets and speeding through construction zones, as USA Today reports.
The latest incident also proved scary enough for Waymo to pull its cars from freeways in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami altogether as it works to “integrate recent technical learnings into our software,” according to a statement to CBS.
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Riding them can also quickly turn into a terrifying near-death experience, as one couple in San Francisco found out firsthand. As CBS News reports, the couple was looking to get home in the Mission District only for their Waymo cab to veer off a highway and accelerate to terrifying speeds while driving down a construction lane.
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In the last two months alone, Waymo’s vehicles have been observed driving through flooded streets and speeding through construction zones, as USA Today reports.
The latest incident also proved scary enough for Waymo to pull its cars from freeways in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami altogether as it works to “integrate recent technical learnings into our software,” according to a statement to CBS.
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More at the Futurism link above, and at CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-francisco-waymo-rider-construction-zone-police-chase/ - and USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/05/26/waymo-suspends-all-freeway-rides-including-san-francisco-and-los-angeles-due-to-safety-concerns/90261233007/ .
Thought I should post this after an OP yesterday about Tesla's self-driving mode being dangerous got some replies praising Waymo.
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