Group of Waymos Get Confused, Clog Up San Francisco Street
“A Waymo standoff.” Touch-and-Go In San Francisco, Google’s Waymo’s driverless taxis are once again causing way-mo problems than expected. In a video posted to TikTok, a bemused onlooker documents one of the company’s Jaguar I-Paces as it causes an autonomous pileup in the city’s notoriously traffic-riddled streets. “The Waymo is stuck because the Waymo is trying to go behind the Amazon [truck],” the bystander explains, “but then it’s stuck behind the Waymo, and oh, my god, there’s another Waymo!” Indeed, as the 35-second clip shows, an Amazon truck got trapped between four of the white Waymo cars. As explicated by the user behind the video, who goes by the handle romokris, there ended up being a 19-car pileup resulting from the mishap. “What’s everybody gonna do?” romokris continues while cracking up. “It is a Waymo standoff! What is gonna happen? Who’s winning? [cackles]” Thankfully, another of the driverless taxis shows up to apparently save the day and shepherd its fellow Waymos back to safe harbor. “That Waymo came through, woo hoo!” the onlooker declares. “Yay!” …