Waymo Robotaxi Goes Rogue: Blocks Traffic, Evades Capture (Waymo official statement enclosed)

This is by far Waymo's worst performance captured on video yet.

All starting after this: 11:30

Waymo stops because it’s desired lane to merge into is blocked. Roadside assistance (a van with an additional driver that gets into the driver seat) gets called, but then it does finally make the turn. Why did it move after calling? Why didn't rider support (women on the call) know about it? Did it decide by itself to start moving again? Did remote assistance (person giving a limited amount of instructions via computer screen) move it? Did remote assistance forget to stop it?

Waymo is driving into the construction zone, and later again.

Waymo is backing up, in the middle of a busy road.

Waymo is blocking the road and leading other drivers into unsafe behaviour by crossing into oncoming traffic.

23:43 Waymo has to suddenly brake, still in the middle of the road, because it couldn’t properly predict the behaviour of the overtaking cars.

At the same time Waymo is driving away from roadside-assistance-guy, who was already walking to Waymo from behind, trying to get into the driver seat.

Drives a bit and then blocks traffic again and drives into construction again.

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