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"for the most part, whenever you see the lots full for the Waymos it's bc they can't handle rain" OP: tiktok.lzrdman, Tempe Waymo has been trying and failing to handle rain in Arizona for about a decade. Just this one of many defects makes them ~~100x less reliable than human drivers.

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"Waymo team gonna need a tech meeting after this one " OP: tiktok.brettrhazel It rained in Miami, so of course Waymo robots got stuck. Waymo's gonna need a bigger weather modeling budget.

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Waymo going the wrong way: Wazee St at Auraria Pkwy, Denver, Colorado Unknown if the traffic control officer directed it there. The only way it could have gotten there was to have first driven past where the traffic control officer was standing. OP: tiktok.babsramey

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Another Waymo robot disobeyed police officers: Ellis St at Peachtree, Atlanta, Georgia Seems clear Waymo has failed to train their robots to obey hand signals reliably. If a telop had engaged then they prob would've lowered the driver's side window to talk w police. OP: tiktok.mrleesanchez

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A Waymo robot, prob befuddled by traffic controls/lights, bricked at a bad spot: Curtis at 16th, Denver, Colorado idk duration or resolution, but hazard lights on imply it needed a telop maybe an ERT, so a light cycle plus. If that failed, maybe tens of minutes for manual. OP: tiktok.josedlt__

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Another Waymo robot disobeyed another police officer at another emergency scene: Commerce St at 9th Ave, Nashville, Tennessee OP: tiktok.hikmt5515

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Waymo's robot failed during a demo for Fox News Las Vegas requiring telops help. Always funny for comms professionals to explain how tech they don't understand works (calculations & sensors?) while it is breaking in a way their engineers don't understand well enough to fix. OP: tiktok.fox5lasvegas

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Sometimes just have to walk away, though in a sane country where this was permitted only w a safety driver this would've been over in seconds. Looks like the rearend of a firetruck w flashing lights off to the right. OP: ig.901blackwoodnews, Nashville

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Another Waymo robot stuck across two lanes perpendicular to traffic: 1101 Church St, Nashville, Tennessee It may have been making a left turn from the entry of the building to the left. OP: tiktok._moniquemakesulaugh

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A Waymo robot made an illegal u-turn right next to a gated & locked entrance to their huge idling lot: 5th St by Brannan, San Francisco OP: fb.dixie.foxbenefield

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two videos of self-trapping Waymo robots in Miami. First, another traffic light defect, as Waymo robots still can't handle traffic lights that work like a stop sign: 100 block of NE 29th St, Miami, Florida The second ~half of this video is an unrelated incident also in Miami. OP: ig.onlyindade

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Waymo's Texas fleet is finally reaching the size their fleets have been in SF & LA, as they have added ~300 6th gen Zeekr and ~150 5th gen Jaguar I-Pace in the past ~2 months. Waymo needs to increase their ridehail service 50-100% in Q4 to reach their EOY million trips per week goal.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"It’s been over ten minutes—moving forward, backward, forward, backward, but it’s not getting anywhere; it’s blocking traffic." OP: tiktok.radyplay1, Las Vegas, translated from Spanish May have been stuck in a loop until a telop could engage to fix it.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Waymo 👀 doesn’t know what a 🛑 sign is apparently. I was going straight with no stop sign and no light….pulled out right in front of me from THEIR stop sign....Five seconds later, it starts going the same time another car had the right of way" OP: tiktok.chelseasinghhair Welton St at 26th, Denver

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Silicon Valley's futures of urban transportation had a meetup: Albion St, Mission, San Francisco around the corner from where KitKat was killed on 16th St. tiktok.faithameliaa

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A Waymo robot in a left turn only lane, apparently unobstructed, stopped w passengers for 4 light cycles, reportedly: 16th St at Chestnut, Denver Long enough a telop should've engaged. Waymo: not a ride an adventure. OP: tiktok.kasey_in_denver

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Another 6th gen Waymo robot w not so automated door and another disembodied physical AI driver task requiring a present/embodied person. Can take the person out of the driver, but can't take the person out of the driving, unless you want nothing but stuck robots. OP: tiktok.jenny_tell_yuh, Denver

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"The Nissan’s driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said." Zoox crash: southbound Las Vegas Boulevard at Four Seasons Drive, Las Vegas Zoox redacted NHTSA crash report expected publicly available ~mid-November.

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New automated pothole detector just dropped. Amazon bought RIVR, a Swiss startup that makes these stair climbing robots in China, ~6 months ago. Jeff Bezos was a seed investor. OP: tiktok.shortyapproved

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"is anyone gonna come fix it?" OP: tiktok.mikaa_k Flamingo Road at Linq Lane, Las Vegas Possibly a telop did. Notice the robot's hazard lights were on until it finally drove out of the intersection, which they would not be had the robot only stopped mid-maneuver instead of failing.

Another Waymo robot either failed in place or stopped illegally on the No Stopping Anytime: 800 block of Grant Ave, Chinatown, San Francisco ~block & a half from where the first Waymo robot was burned and ~2 blocks from where a Waymo robot blocked SFFD during The Outage. OP: tiktok.pettycrocker11

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Zoox first recall was for phantom braking. Maybe their next will be too: The Bellagio, Las Vegas Zoox says their telops can guide their robots in these situations, so one should have. Not like Zoox has many robots to assist, though we don't know how much telops help they get. OP: tiktok.howtojosh

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>dozen Waymo robots stopped for the light in front of: The Embarcadero YMCA, The Embarcadero, San Francisco Dozen or so robot herd has not been an unusual scene in SF for years. Bay Bridge in background. OP: tiktok.juicenation5

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another Waymo robot drove into another road construction project in Denver. Took telop to get it out. Within months this will have happened so many times it won't make the news. Denver is still in the first/denial stage where manifest artificial incompetence isn't normal. OP: fb.SteveStaegerNews

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Denver's Mayor is in for a harsh AV FAFO education. He seems to misunderstand how Waymo and other AV/ADS behave and how they've affected cities. He even said they "make transit easier." He also misrepresented Waymo's own safety statistics which absolutely are not "better than any human driver."

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Waymo stopped growing in Q2, per their latest update of their uncrewed VMT by metro. LA is their only (pre-2026 launch) metro w much growth in H1. Possibly due to the weight of their accumulated tech debt, eg each of Waymo's last 5 NHTSA recalls have not been fixed or have failed/recurred post-fix.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Waymo reported 30 crashes w buses in San Francisco in the past 14 months and >50 nationwide. AFAIK, there's never been a study of Waymo's crashes w buses, but nearly all have been when a bus had to get by a stopped or parked robot, often at/by a bus stop.

John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every "driverless cars would be great for" statement should be read as "my fantasy would be great for" bc there are no "driverless cars" capable of my fantasy. Existing "driverless cars" are not great for seniors anywhere bc they are too unreliable and have such poor communication skills.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

S Houston St at Young, Dallas, Texas OP: tiktok.lostintranslationship "In the middle of the road, you see the darnedest things" Pretenders

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"turning right across multiple lanes of traffic...programmed to wait for remote assistance [from] a team that deals with emergency personnel" Waymo rightly doesn't trust their robot's "autonomy" to drive or to call the right telops team for help. Everything can be explained, nothing can be fixed.

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The company’s press office later provided a more fulsome account of what went wrong. Apparently, the car had recognised and understood the officers’ hand gestures, but because the diversion required turning right across multiple lanes of traffic, it was programmed to wait for remote assistance. Said assistance was activated within seven seconds but was escalated to a team that deals with emergency personnel — hence the delay.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Organizers had placed all barricades and staff at the market's entrance, and the episode has them rethinking whether access points need to allow authorized vehicles onto the site during setup without leaving an opening for others to slip through." Absolutely. Never give robots a physical opening.

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Waymo will lease 40 dedicated Caltrain station parking spaces" Waymo has a voracious appetite for parking near pedestrians. fwiw, Caltrain has no parking at their by far busiest station: 4th St in San Francisco, where >quarter of Caltrain passenger trips originate. waymo.com/blog/2026/09...

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How many police can a telop get to wave at a robot? Orange Dr at Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles OP: tiktok.rupusa2

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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Only report I've seen of this crash. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should be publicly available ~mid-November. Waymo averages a few crashes a day, though most not as serious as this appears.

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Just about when a telop got the stuck robot's live feed w autofocus. Better at controlling his robot than himself. OP: tiktok.stevenvernet

ppl do get used to this, though AV cos and regulators don't give them a choice Las Vegas Blvd at Fremont, Las Vegas OP: tiktok.allaroundvegas

Denver is gonna need more cones: South Pearl St Farmer's Market, Denver Despite there only being ~2 dozen Waymo robots in Denver, they sure have been getting into plenty of trouble. OP: tiktok.hearthdenver, prob this morning

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Yet another (143+) Wrong Way Waymo. They tend to try to pass queues of ~6 or more cars even if by crossing a double yellow line to do it. Many videos and photos of this going back >3 years, ie spanning versions 9, 10, and 11 of Waymo's robot sw. OP: tiktok.yordanymorell, Orlando

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Another Waymo robot backed out of passable floodwater: 700 block of NW 1st Ave, Miami Back is ~600 ft curving & across rail; else pull over to wait for manual or Moses. At their SF density, there'd be ~10 robots doing this. As a no-driver no-goes, so no may they all. OP: tiktok.izwakeup.clips

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OP: tiktok.gencauyon, Austin

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"Waymo wouldn't move" OP: tiktok.marielleguzman 2nd Ave at 5th St, Miami "We expect you to prioritize first responder interactions and will schedule meetings with driverless automated driving system developers by month's end to hear your solutions." NHTSA Administrator, 7/8/2026 the DUAI solution

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Another Waymo robot stuck in an intersection perpendicular to traffic: N Henderson Ave at Central, Dallas OP: tiktok.briana_navez

Yet another perpendicularly stopped for no good/apparent reason Waymo robot: Sunset by Sliver Lake Similar defective behavior across various geos, road types, and traffic conditions. fwiw, it's more spread out there than the photo looks. notice how large the pedestrians are compared to the robot.

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may use full lane+ Filbert St, Washington Sq, North Beach, San Francisco notice the Waymo robot's FasTrak transponder OP: tiktok.thecaliforniasecrets

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Yes, there are many like that. Good chance if you check their app this is shown as a drop off spot. They have always done this. Even the early engineering videos of their robots operating in San Francisco showed them doing it.

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She explains it well, briefly: the Waymo robot's driving incompetence required a geofence a human driver would not need compound by the robot's communication incompetence poorly compensated by app + telop baked in the Houston heat for ~45 min. never take a robot to OP: tiktok.passwordlessgirl

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No one coulda expected a rental car by the trip would be so mistreated. AFAIK, Waymo has never stated how often they clean their robots, but that it would be higher than for human-driven ridehail was one of the most commonly speculated handicaps of ADS ridehail for years before Waymo launched.

Is this just the new normal with Waymo? Trash in the front and back seat.

Edit: this was in Weho last night. I picked up the trash and called support and they gave me $5 off.

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