A police officer pulled over a self-driving Waymo car in Phoenix after it ran a purple gentle and pulled right into a lane of oncoming site visitors, in response to dispatch data.
The incident passed off 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 finally pulling over right into a car parking zone. The footage additionally reveals the officer’s perspective as he walks as much as an empty automotive.
The dispatch data (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 response to Arizona Republic.
A Waymo spokesperson instructed TechCrunch in an announcement 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.
“All the 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 yr after crashes. The protection of its software program can be below investigation by federal regulators.