"The past half an hour has been insane on my street...And people say Waymo is the future. They are more of a burden." OP: tiktok.bettybooze211, San Francisco Bay Area Waymo v garbage truck is a classic, recurring. Notice the robot is not waiting for a pickup (no letters on the top lidar).

And boom. Waymo shutdown in Nashville too...bc...weather forecast. Waymo's ridehail is now shutdown in more (6) geos than it is open (5). And this isn't even their worst problem/defect. www.expressnews.com/business/art...

190 days ago Waymo began transporting paying passengers on freeways in uncrewed/driverless robots. Waymo now knows that was a mistake bc their system wasn't safe enough. Why did it take Waymo so long to learn that? Why didn't any of their state or federal regulators? waymo.com/blog/2025/11...

Unimpressed w Waymo's 6th gen Zeekrs, a car hauler who presumable hauls them from a California (prob Long Beach) port to the Magna factory in AZ that installs the robotics. OP: tiktok.johnnyboyrowe

Waymo ridehail may be shutdown in Texas. It's officially shutdown in San Antonio, unofficially in Houston & Dallas. Reports in Austin are few robots w safety drivers, while user videos have ~dried up. Who knew our inability to forecast rain/flood to ~block & ~hour accuracy might sink robots/ADS?

"One of our journalists, Rachael Knudsen, was picked up by a Waymo Wednesday evening before the autonomous car got stuck in flood waters multiple times. Uber ended up sending a replacement (human) ride, and needed to tow the Waymo." "Roadside assistance is 54 minutes away" "WHAT!" OP: ig.ajcnews

Waymo ridehail is shutdown in Houston too, per individual reports. Prob due to forecast of rain & potential flooding. IMO, Waymo's facing an existential L4 crisis. If they can't trust their robot to drive safely in areas w flooding, then what are they selling? Prob can forget about snow too.

free Emily Trapped by Waymo robots unable to handle an apparently normal working signaled heavy rail crossing. Maybe a Caltrain crossing in San Mateo county, but IDK. OP: tiktok.emilytatouille

Looks like Waymo's flooding recall temporary non-fix non-fixed: Midtown, Atlanta, reportedly Waymo's recall notice sounded like they were just going to try to keep their robots away from floods until they can figure out how to make them 'smart' enough to drive near them safely. Maybe try harder.

Waymo ops may be in crisis. Been a full month since a robot mistakenly drove into floodwaters in San Antonio and was swept away. Waymo shutdown their SA ridehail service then. AFAICT it remains shutdown. Nearly two weeks ago, Waymo said they'd reopen service "early next week," ie early last week.

Worst looking crashed 6th gen Waymo robot, so far: 3rd and Highland, Los Angeles OP: tiktok.knxnews

Art of the apocalyptic robot

"All waymos came to a halt at central expressway. The servers must be down 🤷‍♂️ Earlier saw 2 different instances of cops trying to figure out what to do with the cars stopped in middle of the road" OP: reddit.crazy-cat-girl Saw claims of abrupt Waymo shutdown in south bay. This is 1st video, AFAIK.

US AVs haven't demonstrated an ability to read speed or related signs, AFAIK and despite mfg claims, inc those w more sw/hw & need for it than L2 cars for sale, eg: - Waymo robots drive past posted warning signs to go wrong way & into floods - robotaxi-grade FSD drives wrong speed after it changes

A VC: "Waymo is a great concept, but its inability to" a personal subset of a very long list. Waymo shipped an incomplete and manifestly incompetent replacement for a human driver which they are trying to fix in production. Relatively few posts like this VC's on bsky but plenty on reddit & x.

“We are disappointed in the outcome of this legislative session,” a Waymo spokesperson tells FOX 2. With both Minneapolis and St Louis now out bc their states did not pass a Waymo lobbied/co-written AV law, Waymo is running out of cities to meet their 2026 goal of having 20 ridehail cities/metros.

Waymo's app is down at least for some ppl inc me. Here's downdetector and what I get in San Francisco. FWIW, saw many (~usual number or a little less) of Waymo robots driving around ~hour ago inc one drop off.

"We were blocked in for 10 minutes. get it together Waymo." OP: tiktok.thetonywellons, prob Austin, TX ~10 min strongly implies telops engaged/assisted, though not very effectively.

"Every ride comes with a free lecture about self-driving technology by Vic." OP: tiktok.theaudreyreyes boy meets girl, then boy meets robot

CPUC reopened the protest period for Waymo's current request for a huge expansion their ridehail permit, eg to San Diego & Sacramento, and Waymo provided CPUC the most extensive explanation yet of how they protect PAX during ops "disruptions" such as The Outage. www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc...

"on an escorted ride the Waymo decided it wasn’t going to wait, started forcing its way toward the line of bikers. We...got out of the way of the idiotic AI cars that don’t have to follow laws or police instructions" OP: tiktok.generallygoodaeverything Waugh Dr at Feagan St, Houston, TX

"Just saw death flash before my eyes in a Waymo I use these a lot on the city but tonight we took the freeway and the road was closed. Waymo freaked out and sped up to highway speeds through construction trucks, police chased us. Genuinely thought we were about to die." OP: x.Elliot_slade

"Waymo got pulled over after entering a highway job site on 101 in the Bay Area" OP: tiktok.a_ubeezy 101 southbound approaching the Holly St exit, Belmont & San Carlos border, California CHP has plenty of experience dealing w failed Waymo robots on fwys. Robot w passenger * fwy * construction =

"Waymo crashed into fire hydrant" OP: reddit.Overall_Trust2128 Old County Rd at Center St, San Carlos, CA If so, expect Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report ~mid-June. Waymo robots have gotten stuck in water from a busted hydrant they didn't bust, eg ~month ago in Atlanta (pic3). Maybe another.

2 Waymo robots stuck at a flashing red light: Clementina St at First St, San Francisco "blocking up an entire strip of traffic that goes for two blocks...People are driving up on the sidewalk to go around them...it’s pathetic if they can’t handle this situation." OP: reddit.UnderCoverSquid

Taking the robots for a walk and fall: 2nd St crossing King/Embarcadero, San Francisco SF Giants ballpark is right behind them. OP posted this ~10 days ago. San Francisco's near ban on sidewalk robots needs an update. OP: tiktok.graceeschmitzz

bsky is having problems. User reports on downdetector are varied and IDK the scope of the problem(s). Only problem I've experienced is uploading a video.

More Waymo fun in Atlanta, reportedly. Just when it looked like they were clearing, either another one drove into the roboclot or the first one doubled back. Another example of how AI struggles to sort/handle these trivial situations. Video at 2x speed bc bsky 3 min limit. OP: x.igottatypeitin

~6 wk old video of a Waymo robot befuddled by a puddle in San Antonio. Very prob a telop nudged it through the maneuvers. Wobbly reverse is unusual. ~2 wks later a Waymo robot drove into & was swept away by a flood in SA. Waymo's ridehail service is still shutdown there, AFAICT. OP: ig.jlmoore0213

Waymo increased their VMT per uncrewed robot rate to ~55k/year about when they increased their robot fleet net growth rate to nearly 5 robots/day, summer of 2024. All data from Waymo. Works out to per robot ave of ~12 hr/day at ~12+ mph ave ~360 days/year, which is similar to Waymo's CPUC reports.

Another Waymo robot disobeyed police while blocking traffic: 4th Ave S and Demonbreun St (Country Music Hall of Fame), Nashville, TN Flashing traffic lights, cones, handsignals without lots of space to pass, and some pedestrians is a recipe for stuck/failed robots. OP: tiktok.itsbrennagainn

Another Waymo robot stopped inappropriately for a stopped/parked school bus that didn't have red (stop) flashing lights on: Orange Dr at Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles ~December Waymo apparently made this change. The "fully autonomous" robot waits for a telop to tell it ok to go. OP: tiktok.dayannagto

Waymo's 5 recalls graphed by the ADS/robots affected. 829 day duration w 3,347 net robot growth. In mid-2024 Waymo increased their growth rate to <5 robots/day averaged by interval. Waymo needs to ~2X this to make EOY million trip/week goal. They seem to have their teloperated hands full though.

Waymo will give free robot rides to/from work (only) to their 20 summer teen interns in AZ. “I won’t have to be stressing, and my parents won’t have to be stressing. The app shows you where you are, so they’ll know I got there safely" or got stuck. Hope the traffic lights work, no floods, etc.

"They were both just sitting there, not moving, and blocking traffic with their hazards on. Having one company with cars that glitch out is bad enough, but these two vehicles can't even communicate with each other. I forsee a nightmare" OP: reddit.Extension_Owl2835 18th St & Valencia, San Francisco

Waymo would rather ppl think they screwed up than help ppl understand this (hundreds to thousands of trips by empty robots) is the AI/ML way. The only Waymo routing "error" in this overblown/viral story involving a block of the more privileged in Atlanta was the density of robots per hour, AFAICT.

The bubbles have bubbles in San Francisco: Jackson and Polk OP: tiktok.paulalalaline

Passengers aborted their first Waymo ride as the self-trapping robot couldn't find its way out of the neighborhood. Prob in AZ. Maybe a mapping/routing error or another loopy Waymo robot. Will Waymo send a roboherd to remap this maze or remove it from their drivable map? OP: tiktok.bojanglesbaby

Yet another (108+) Wrong Way Waymo: National Blvd at Washington, Culver City, CA OP: tiktok.newenglandloam

Waymo passenger's view of her robot being bullied by another Waymo robot, which they'll do to any driver. Prob ATX. The front/stuck/bully robot may have been spooked by the low/overhanging branch(es). Unless something else blocked it, there should've been space to pass. OP: tiktok.quinnlannoel

The things you may see when you go to a fast food drive thru in a Waymo geo: Jack in the Box next to the Super 8 Austin/Airport South, 3120 Montopolis Dr, Austin, TX OP: tiktok.2501anken

Yet another (107+) Wrong Way Waymo, in Austin, TX. "wtaf" OP: youtube.coachsimmons Not the first Waymo robot to drive over a curb for no good/apparent reason. Waymo might have to report this to NHTSA as a crash. If so, their redacted crash report expected ~mid-May. www.youtube.com/shorts/gSvYl...

wait for it this isn't an Atlanta thing, or a London thing, or a San Francisco thing; this is a Waymo thing. Waymo thing/robot 1, 2, 3...>3000. Waymo solves the critical urban problems of not enough cars and not enough bad drivers w as many things as they can. OP: tiktok.captivating_conservative

The first 'Waymo robots harassing neighbors' story in a new geo tends to go viral attracting a flock of news outlets. By the 5th or 10th such story, lucky to get one, eg by the noisy Waymo depot in Santa Monica over which Waymo and the city are suing each other. Also, the robots will be back.

An example of a key difference between a crewed and uncrewed robot: survival instinct. OP: tiktok.drivermatty

Waymo PR mgr Ethan Teicher has left a trail of disregard for the concerns of east coast cities & their govs. Waymo's 'the nice AV co' PR facade collapsed over the past year. Waymo needs local gov depot permits, police to rescue their passengers & robots, and tolerance of their violations & mayhem.

Waymo "said Tuesday it had resumed autonomous operations in San Antonio after its longest-ever shutdown but is still not serving riders." So, the Waymo ridehail service is still shutdown in San Antonio. Maybe SA has alotta flood zones to map and evaluate.

Waymo declined to appear at another local gov hearing. Philadelphia this time, Austin last time. "Waymo may trust cars without drivers. But after the company skipped a City Council hearing, Philadelphia officials are having a hard time trusting Waymo." Waymo counts on: over trust and don't verify.

If the UK didn't want robots that violate police cordons, then they shouldn't have permitted Waymo to operate there, as they've done this over and over and over again. FWIW, Waymo suspended the safety driver, but they haven't/can't fix their AI driver. zagdaily.com/connected/ca...

The Waymo safety driver "said the car had brought him here and that it was a driverless car. He said he was testing it, and he had to allow the car to do what it wanted, and then he would take over at the gate," Jenny Black, London. Let it fail, then takeover, v typical. archive.ph/DKOLs#select...