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A Waymo robotaxi got stuck making a uracil - turn in front of Vice President Kamala Harris ’ motorcade Friday eve in San Francisco .
ABC 7 reportedthat a San Francisco police officer had to manually drive the vehicle out of the way .
Waymo has not yet responded to TechCrunch ’s inquiry , including what go wrong on the backend and how long the vehicle was stalled before the police officer move it .
HAPPENING NOW : A driverless@Waymogets stuck making a u - act as@VP ’s motorcade come at the Fairmont S.F.An SFPD officer had to manually drive the fomite out . We ’re listen this was n’t the only one…@abc7newsbayareapic.twitter.com/uCdiTf9lbB
This is not the first time Waymo self-governing fomite have come in under flaming for such malfunction . Earlier this twelvemonth , six Waymosblocked a thruway wild leek after one stalled , and San Francisco occupant had to deal with a nightlyhonk - a - thonat one of the society ’s parking draw . Waymo alsorecalled its softwareafter a robotaxi hit a telephone magnetic pole .
Federal regulators areinvestigatingtens of written report of the robotaxis crashing or potentially breach traffic safety laws .
