Waymo Robotaxi Stuck in Chick-fil-A Drive-Thru: Autonomous Calamity!
Dude, check this out! A Waymo robotaxi totally caused a traffic jam at a Chick-fil-A in Santa Monica. Can you imagine being stuck in the drive-thru because a self-driving car can't figure out how to turn around?
Apparently, the autonomous vehicle had dropped someone off and then couldn't navigate the tight space due to the drive-thru and other cars. Waymo confirmed the whole thing, saying there weren't any passengers inside at the time. No one was hurt, thankfully, just a bunch of hangry people waiting for their chicken nuggets.
This isn't the first time Waymo's had a bit of a "whoops" moment. Remember that time one got stuck in a roundabout? Or when another one stalled in front of Kamala Harris' motorcade? And who could forget the parking lot full of honking Waymos at 3 AM? It's like these things are having an existential crisis.
Waymo is running its robotaxi service in a bunch of cities, including San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin (through Uber). You'd think they'd have ironed out these kinks by now, right? Makes you wonder about the future of self-driving cars.
Source: TechCrunch