from the US phoenix City traffic police stopped a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The vehicle was one of Waymo’s driverless taxis. The vehicle allegedly got lost due to confusing traffic signs and entered the wrong lane. It also ran a red light before being pulled over.

Police officers can be seen in the police camera footage Waymo’s While he claims he was driving in a construction zone, he says it looks really bad when the vehicle is in the opposite lane. Additionally, the officer stated that the vehicle ran a red light and that the vehicle was acting “like crazy” before it entered the roadway.

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Waymo explained the root cause of this issue in its statement. “inconsistent construction symbols” He explained that this situation was due to the vehicle “it prevented him from driving in the correct lane” he claimed. In the company’s statement, it cited its approach to not closing the intersection as the reason the vehicle “eluded” police, and said the vehicle stopped after about 1 minute.

Local laws, police Autonomous vehicles make mistakes in traffic It allows him to issue fines. On the other hand, officers have to forward these fines to the owner of the autonomous vehicle. Therefore, it was argued that this arrangement was not very useful.

Waymo has no comment on the matter for now. He didn’t say much. On the other hand, Waymo stated that the risk of its vehicles being involved in an accident is 3.5 times higher than that of vehicles used by human drivers.