Waymo passenger nearly misses his flight

Watch: Waymo driverless robotaxi sends airport passenger spinning in circles
He had a plane to catch — but his ride to the airport was stuck in a parking lot, driving in circles. That was the experience of a passenger using Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous taxi service that launched in San Francisco last year and has expanded its fleet to Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Waymo passenger nearly misses his flight after car drives in circles
A Los Angeles tech entrepreneur found himself trapped in a self-driving taxi last month on his way to the airport, with the car repeatedly circling around a parking lot. Mike Johns posted a video on LinkedIn in which he was headed to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.
LA Man Says He Almost Missed His Flight After Waymo Drove Him in Circles
Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, told Gizmodo the rider wasn’t charged for his trip and has attempted to contact Johns but they haven’t connected yet. Waymo also emphasizes the circling lasted about five minutes. Johns told ABC15 Arizona that he was frustrated by the experience and “It’s like people are the experiment.”
Waymo passenger records dizzying ride as car drives in circles
Mike Johns was on his way to the airport when his Waymo robotaxi began driving in continuous circles in a Scottsdale, Ariz., parking lot.
Man stuck inside circling humanless Waymo car
(Gray News) - A man nearly missed his flight because he was stuck inside a self-driving Waymo taxi that kept driving in circles. The incident happened last month at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. Mike Johns said he was in one of Waymo’s humanless cars to get to the airport when everything went haywire.
“I’m getting dizzy”: Man films Waymo self-driving car driving around in circles
The Waymo self-driving company says it has fixed a problem that caused a car to repeatedly circle a parking lot for about five minutes while its rider was trying to get to an airport.
Passenger in Waymo self-driving car gets stuck circling parking lot while trying to make flight
A video posted by a Waymo passenger shows the autonomous car he rode in going in circles in an Arizona parking lot while he tried to get to the airport.
‘Is this a prank?’: See Waymo passenger in driverless car stuck on a loop
Mark Johns ordered a Waymo rideshare to catch a flight out of Scottsdale, Arizona when he captured this video of the driverless car erroneously circling a parking lot.
Waymo Passenger Stuck in Self-Driving Taxi Going in Circles Says He Nearly Missed Flight: WATCH
A Los Angeles-based tech entrepreneur claims he almost missed his flight after a mishap in a self-driving taxi. Mike Johns was headed to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, and he decided to take a Waymo self-driving rideshare car — the autonomous vehicles run by Google parent company Alphabet.
Passenger gets stuck in driverless car going in circles
A man in a Waymo driverless car got more than he expected when the vehicle he was in kept going in circles and wouldn't stop.
Tech Worker Blames Getting Stuck in Circling Waymo for Missing His Flight Home
Last month, at the end of a planned visit the Phoenix area, tech worker Mike Johns attempted to make his flight to Los Angeles, California, but things took an unexpected turn when h became stuck in his self-driving Waymo vehicle.
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