A police officer pulled over a self-driving Waymo car in Phoenix after it ran a pink gentle and pulled right into a lane of oncoming site visitors, in line with dispatch information.
The incident occurred on June 19, however native media together with Arizona Republic launched bodycam footage of the site visitors cease this week, displaying the car weaving in site visitors earlier than finally pulling over right into a parking zone. The footage additionally exhibits the officer’s standpoint as he walks as much as an empty automobile.
The dispatch information (that are written in all caps) say the car “FREAKED OUT” and that the officer was in the end “UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER,” in line with Arizona Republic.
A Waymo spokesperson advised TechCrunch in an announcement that the car “encountered inconsistent construction signage” and “briefly entered an unoccupied oncoming lane of traffic,” which it occupied for about 30 seconds after it was blocked from navigating again to the proper lane.
“The entire event lasted approximately one minute and there were no riders in the vehicle,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The Alphabet-owned robotaxi firm has voluntarily recalled software program twice this yr after crashes. The security of its software program can be underneath investigation by federal regulators.
