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If You Get Drunk and Brandish a Fake Gun in a Waymo, Don't Blame the Cameras

Firing a toy gun out of a camera-covered robotaxi while underage drinking was never going to end well.

Tosin Akintola | 7.10.2026 1:50 PM

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(Photo: San Mateo Police Department)

Two teenagers were detained by police in San Mateo, California, earlier this week after a Waymo representative alerted law enforcement that the vehicle's underage occupants were drinking alcohol and shooting what appeared to be a real weapon out of the driverless car. 

A Waymo representative, "monitoring the vehicle's live interior camera feeds," called the San Mateo Police Department after seeing the teens fire a toy water-bead blaster that resembled a real gun, according to NBC Bay Area. Waymo shared the car's location with authorities and disabled the vehicle after telling its teen occupants it was "experiencing mechanical trouble," according to the cops.

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