Self-driving Waymo taxi traps rider in loop

Man nearly misses flight after getting stuck in Waymo self-driving taxi that starts going in circles
According to Waymo, a routine software update has fixed the problem that caused his car to drive in circles. This is not the first time a Waymo taxi has confused passengers and bystanders. CNN reported that in June 2024, Waymo recalled 672 cars to make them less likely to drive into poles after a car hit a pole in May.
Waymo Passenger Stuck in Self-Driving Taxi Going in Circles Says He Nearly Missed Flight: WATCH
A Los Angeles-based tech entrepreneur claims he almost missed his flight after a mishap in a self-driving taxi. Mike Johns was headed to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, and he decided to take a Waymo self-driving rideshare car — the autonomous vehicles run by Google parent company Alphabet.
Self-driving Waymo taxi traps rider in loop during trip to Phoenix airport
A rider recorded the video of him getting stuck in a driverless Waymo car while trying to catch a flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
LA man nearly misses flight as self-driving Waymo taxi drives around parking lot in circles
The man nearly missed his flight after the self-driving car drove him around and around, all while he was on the phone with a customer service rep who was unable to stop the wayward vehicle.
Man stuck inside circling humanless Waymo car
(Gray News) - A man nearly missed his flight because he was stuck inside a self-driving Waymo taxi that kept driving in circles. The incident happened last month at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. Mike Johns said he was in one of Waymo’s humanless cars to get to the airport when everything went haywire.
A self-driving Waymo taxi trapped him in the car while circling a parking lot.
A tech entrepreneur's trip to the airport turned chaotic when a self-driving Waymo taxi trapped him in the car while circling a parking lot.
Watch this self-driving Waymo taxi circle a parking lot instead of taking its passenger to the airport
Mike Johns was heading back home to LA from Scottsdale, Arizona in December, traveling to the airport in one of Waymo's autonomous vehicles.
Have You Seen This? Man nearly misses flight as self-driving taxi drives circles parking lot
A Los Angeles man nearly missed his flight back home last week, all because he says the self-driving Waymo taxi he was using to get to the airport wouldn't stop driving around a parking lot in circles.
VERTICAL: Waymo Passenger Stuck in Self-Driving Taxi Going in Circles Says He Nearly Missed Flight
Mike Johns was headed to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, and he decided to take a Waymo self-driving rideshare car — the autonomous vehicles run by Google parent company Alphabet. But after buckling his seatbelt,
Watch: Waymo driverless robotaxi sends airport passenger spinning in circles
He had a plane to catch — but his ride to the airport was stuck in a parking lot, driving in circles. That was the experience of a passenger using Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous taxi service that launched in San Francisco last year and has expanded its fleet to Los Angeles and Phoenix.
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A malfunctioning Waymo left a passenger stuck in the autonomous vehicle as it drove circles around a parking lot
A Los Angeles man was stuck in a Waymo vehicle as the autonomous car drove in loops around a parking lot for several minutes.
Man taken into custody after trying to drive off in a Waymo in downtown L.A., police say
A man is taken into custody after apparently attempting to drive away in a self-driving Waymo taxi, L.A. police say.
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Waymo glitch traps tourist in endless loop, almost misses flight home
Mike John, the Founder of Digital State of Mind and a Los Angeles resident, was visiting Arizona when he decided to take a ...