What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade
A Financial Times report on the awkward collisions between driverless cars and the real world, including the moment a Waymo blocked a Secret Service motorcade. It examines what passengers, operators, and authorities can actually do when a robotaxi freezes in front of dignitaries, and what such incidents reveal about the limits of autonomous driving.
What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade
- beachy
I feel that abandoning your car at an intersection and fleeing the scene in front of armed officers as a presidential drive by was about to arrive - in Dallas of all places - could have had far worse consequences.
- boredatoms
Hopefully this highlights the total absurdity of the motorcade in the first place.
Just use a helicopter, block one street for the takeoff/landing
- creatonez
> “I need this vehicle to be out of here NOW, or it will be crushed,”
Sounds like the proper response is "my car has been disobeying me for the past 30 minutes, so crushed is fine" and then get out