Two Self-Driving Waymos Just Crashed Into Each Other, Trapping a Third Waymo

"Footage taken by a bystander captured the aftermath of the incident. One Waymo straddles the street sideways, locked into touching bumpers with its twin that looked like it was traveling up the street before the collision. The third wheel watches from about a dozen feet away. All the while, the cars emit the weird back-up hum that EVs make at low speeds, which evokes something between "angelic aura" and "levitating UFO.""

"A followup video shows a man in a high-vis vest who appears to be a Waymo employee open the driver door of the sideways car, climb inside, and manually back the vehicle up. Moments later, the other Waymo begins to drive itself away, before stopping again. Waymo officials told SF Chronicle that the first two robotaxis made "minor contact" while trying to execute multi-points turns to exit the cul-de-sac."

Three Waymo robotaxis became stuck on a dead-end street in San Francisco after two robotaxis collided while attempting multi-point turns to exit a cul-de-sac. Footage shows one vehicle straddling the street with touching bumpers to another and a third car stalled nearby. The cars emitted the low-speed EV back-up hum. A bystander can be heard calling the scene a "Waymo standoff." A Waymo employee in a high-visibility vest entered one vehicle and manually backed it up. Waymo said the first two vehicles made "minor contact." The incident occurred at Kearney and Vallejo in North Beach.

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