WaymoA ride-hailing app that operates driverless cars and is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet. stopped a man driving off in his electric Jaguar On Thursday, CBS News and others reported.
LAPD responded to a report of an attempted auto theft shortly after midnight Thursday morning, according to Los Angeles TimesWhere they are a A man sitting in the driver’s seat of a Waymo vehicle. The man, who may have been under the influence, allegedly entered through the passenger seat and slid into the driver’s side. Usually, no one is in the driver’s seat when a Waymo employee does this to test the car.
The company said that LA Times that Waymo cars are designed so that people cannot override Automatic driving system. Vehicles can also drive frantically, sound their horns, announce that 911 is being called, and fold in exterior door handles so no one can get inside.
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If someone gets into the driver’s seat, Waymo’s rider support team is alerted and can request the person to leave the car. If they don’t – like what happened to the man on Thursday – the police are called. Of the five million rides Waymo has provided, only a “handful” of people have attempted to steal the cars, the company said. LA Times. A Los Angeles man who boarded Waymo this week was eventually released at the scene by police.
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles Currently serving Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix, with more coming soon. Austin, Atlantaand Miami, according to its website.
