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We need way mo' answers about Waymo's circling taxi

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07.01.2025

If you drive anywhere in the Valley, you’ve seen them on the streets.

Those weird Waymo robo-taxis driving around (and around and around) the Valley.

They actually seem like the most well-behaved drivers in Valley traffic, probably because there isn’t one.

A driver, I mean.

But now, we learn of a California man who nearly missed his flight last week after summoning Waymo for a lift to Sky Harbor International Airport.

Instead, the driverless taxi did circles in a north Scottsdale parking lot, as his trapped passenger wondered if he was being pranked.

“I’ve got a flight to catch. Why is this thing going in a circle?” passenger Mike Johns asked a Waymo customer service representative, as seen in a video he posted to social media. “I’m getting dizzy.”

OK, it’s a little funny. Until you realize that Waymo had no answer for the guy when he........

© Arizona Republic


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