A police officer pulled over a self-driving Waymo car in Phoenix after it ran a crimson gentle and pulled right into a lane of oncoming site visitors, in accordance with dispatch information.
The incident befell on June 19, however native media together with Arizona Republic launched bodycam footage of the site visitors cease this week, exhibiting the car weaving in site visitors earlier than ultimately pulling over right into a car parking zone. The footage additionally exhibits the officer’s viewpoint 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 accordance with Arizona Republic.
A Waymo spokesperson instructed TechCrunch in a press release that the car “encountered inconsistent building signage” and “briefly entered an unoccupied oncoming lane of site visitors,” which it occupied for about 30 seconds after it was blocked from navigating again to the right lane.
“Your complete occasion lasted roughly one minute and there have been no riders within the car,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The Alphabet-owned robotaxi firm has voluntarily recalled software program twice this 12 months after crashes. The protection of its software program can also be underneath investigation by federal regulators.
