On June nineteenth, a Phoenix police officer pulled over a Waymo car that had been driving in an oncoming site visitors lane. The automobile was apparently confused by some development indicators, and reportedly ran a crimson gentle earlier than pulling over in a car parking zone to let the officer speak to one in every of Waymo’s assist representatives.
In about two-and-a-half minutes of bodycam footage revealed by native publication AZCentral, the officer instructed Waymo the automobile was driving in a development zone when it “went into opposing lanes of site visitors, which is actual unhealthy.” He then instructed a curious bystander what had occurred, including, “so I gentle it up and it takes off within the intersection.” A dispatch document reportedly stated the automobile drove by a crimson gentle and ‘FREAKED OUT’ earlier than it pulled over.
Waymo instructed a number of retailers that the car drove into the oncoming lane due to “inconsistent development signage,” and that it “was blocked from navigating again into the right lane.” The corporate stated the automobile drove away from the cop “in an effort to clear the intersection” earlier than pulling into the car parking zone the place the site visitors cease happened. The corporate reportedly stated the cease lasted “roughly one minute.”
