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Waymo AI Driverless Car Goes Rogue: Blocks Traffic, Evades Capture | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #54
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JJRicks rides a driverless Waymo in Phoenix when it gets confused by traffic cones, blocks traffic, and evades the support vehicles sent to retrieve it. The episode is one of a long series of rider-view Waymo videos.
Cited in self-driving threads as a documented case of a robotaxi failing at traffic cones, with some comments also noting the support team response.
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