A new video has that shows a self-driving car getting stuck
at an intersection in the US is going viral. Waymo, Google's self-driving car
unit, sent technicians to extricate the car, but before the assistance arrived,
the car decided to evade capture and takes off on its own, without a driver
behind the wheel. It keeps on moving ahead erratically, as if confused, before
coming to a halt a few metres ahead and blocking a three-lane road in the
process. The man inside the fully autonomous vehicle — Joel Johnson, a YouTuber
who publishes videos under the handle JJRicks Studios — recorded the entire
incident and posted it online. The video shows the car needing to make a right
turn on a multi-lane main road, but making a blunder because the lane is closed
off by a few orange safety cones. Finally, a member of the assistance crew was
able to get into the vehicle and complete the ride safely. A confused Waymo
self-driving car was captured on video as it became stranded on an Arizona road
earlier this month while carrying a passenger and then unexpectedly driving
away as a worker from the company's roadside assistance arrived to help.
But the Waymo vehicle soon became stuck farther down the
road, which was lined with construction cones. The Waymo worker caught up to
the vehicle, took over, and drove the paying passenger to his final
destination. Waymo operates a limited ridehail service in Chandler, Arizona. Autonomous
vehicle experts who reviewed the video footage of the 41-minute trip posted on
YouTube by the Waymo passenger say it shows a series of gaffes by the Waymo
self-driving technology.
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