Waymo
Driverless Automobile Will get Caught in Drive-Via
Waymo Need ‘Mor Chikin’ …
Revealed
Waymo driverless vehicles vehicles may not be sentient but … however, at the very least one tried to select up a chew to eat Monday night time — and ended up inflicting a large visitors jam at Chick-fil-A.
Hungry night time owls tried to hit up a storefront for the favored rooster chain in Santa Monica Monday night time … solely to fall in line behind a Waymo taxi, which stalled out in a drive-thru entrance.
A Waymo driverless taxi brought about a backup at a Santa Monica Chick-fil-A after it obtained caught within the drive-thru. https://t.co/8iuNEOnky7 pic.twitter.com/Qe3LD8nHNo
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Pictures present the automotive has its lights on, however nobody’s house — fairly actually, on this case. Eyewitnesses instructed KTLA-TV employees crowded across the automobile round 9:30 PM because it tried to again up, earlier than screeching to a halt once more … in all probability realizing it did not have the cash for a meal.
Unclear if anybody was inside attempting to get a rooster sandwich or if the automotive was merely misplaced. Both approach, the automotive’s detour held up the road so lengthy the drive-thru-only restaurant ended up closing earlier than a number of hungry potential clients may order.
The Waymo group confirmed to KTLA the automobile obtained caught … and, they needed to go recuperate the automotive from the location.
This is not the primary time a Waymo automotive has had some hassle navigating … only a couple months in the past, one passenger claimed he ended up lacking his flight ‘trigger his Waymo simply saved circling a parking zone.
JULY 2025
Phoenix Police Division
In an incident final summer season, a police officer pulled over a Waymo that drove into oncoming visitors … and obtained fairly the shock when he realized nobody was within the driver’s seat.
Appears to be like like Waymo’s obtained a thoughts of its personal, and one overarching goal — to “Eat Mor Chikin.”
