A Waymo passenger's journey to the airport took an unexpected turn when their autonomous vehicle became stuck in a parking lot, driving in circles for several minutes.
He had a plane to catch — but his ride to the airport was stuck in a parking lot, driving in circles. That was the experience of a passenger using Waymo , the Alphabet-owned autonomous taxi service that launched in San Francisco last year and has expanded its fleet to Los Angeles and Phoenix. The passenger, Mike Johns, recorded the vehicle driving in loops in a parking lot in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Dec. 9, and posted video of the circular situation on Linkedin.
Included in the video was Johns' conversation with rider support. A company representative can be heard apologizing as Johns asks if the car has been hacked and wonders if someone’s playing a joke on him. When the representative asks him to access his app to help solve the issue, Johns wonders why she can’t take over the vehicle herself. “You don’t need my phone,” he says. “I don’t have an option to control the car,” she can be heard responding. The incident lasted roughly five minutes, according to the company, and Johns was ultimately driven to the airport, where he said he did not miss his flight. According to Waymo, Johns was not charged for his trip. The issue that prompted his vehicle to drive in loops has since been addressed by a regularly scheduled software update, the company said
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