A woman who ordered a self-driving Waymo for her daughter was horrified to find a neurotic man in the car’s trunk. A viral video of their bizarre interaction is ushering in a wave of new criticism of the driverless taxi company and its safety standards.
In the video, the passenger’s mother berates a stupefied man curled up in the trunk of the Waymo in Los Angeles. He claimed that unidentified people wouldn’t let him out but had no answer on how he ended up in the trunk in the first place. He was removed from the vehicle by police, according to a second TikTok video. The woman remained on the phone with a Waymo representative, who promised to “provide a credit” for a new ride.
Since Waymo made its way into NYC in July, the robotaxis have been flagged for making illegal U-turns and bizarrely zigzagging through narrow tunnels.
Source: The New York Post
