Passenger in driverless car gets stuck in loop at airport

"Is this a prank?"
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 was still able to catch his flight but was left dizzy and frustrated by the experience with the taxi from Waymo, the self-driving car arm of Google's parent company Alphabet. Waymo said the incident caused a five-minute delay.

[drvonnostrum]

Never getting on one of those death traps

[darcihalloran]

A driverless car, what could go wrong?

[richardthomas]

BUT, he was not charged for the trip! It is very concerning that the people in control could NOT take control of the car to stop it!

[LadyMorgaine]

Nope, nopity, nope... Driverless cars are a stupid idea all around.

[JayNow]

No way in hell I'll get in that thing.

[VixkoS]

They can't get out of the car? Someone is gonna have a health emergency in one of those situations and they will be locked inside with no way of getting out or getting immediate help. Who's gonna help the person in a moving, driverless car that can't be stopped when they detect something is wrong? There MUST be a human there, paid by Waymo, to oversee that the trip goes smoothly and to take over in case of an emergency like this, even if they aren't actively driving.
They are just looking for ways to employ as few people as possible.

[tymorgan]

Imagine being in the backseat going off a cliff

[Taijifufu]

I like that the plane was still late so he was ok.

[marierhodes]

Yea it’s a no for me! Idc where the future is going with technology I need to see someone behind the wheel! Thank you, mgmt!

[Fr.VeniceLAI]

...luckily ..it did not drive off a cliff !!

[iq-ride]

Self Driving cars are not the solution to Driver Distraction.

They are the problem everyone refuses to see

[Tusc]

"Why does this happen to me?"
Why on earth would you choose to experience a driverless ride on the day you have to catch a flight knowing that for the most part we're still in the testing phase???
That's something you do in your spare time lol

[mv]

It's circling a round about.. and to take over a passenger's phone is totally breach of policy & privacy 🙄

[TheCaliforniaboy]

Some of us who have phobia of AI saw this coming a mile away.

[emmanuelaigbedion]

That’s too funny still don’t understand why we have driverless cars, there is actually no point

[ShawnHawkins-]

It's nice that whoever hacked the car also hacked the airlines to delay his flight.

[SunofYork]

Imagine someone on the back seat having a heart attack, and you are going round in circles when you are trying to get to a hospital

[crowdpleaserselector]

Be patient, it's trying to fly as part of a software free trial .

[calicoquilter]

"I don't have an option to control the car." WTF?

[HXHMOMENTS]

Can driverless cars really completely replace humans on all roads, even in emergency situations?