Revelers celebrating US independence day in San Francisco over the weekend were stopped in their tracks as an untold number of Waymo robotaxis stalled, exacerbating the city’s horrible holiday gridlock.
According to NBC News, several Waymos had to be towed out of busy roadways after their batteries died on one of the city’s worst traffic days of the year so far. On top of intense fog and significant public transit slowdowns, travelers had to bob and weave past the bricked electric vehicles, which in some cases blocked traffic completely.
One resident, Dave Guingona, told NBC he spent two hours sitting in traffic waiting for a “number of Waymo vehicles” to be towed away.
“Five minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes went by, then we realized people were getting out of their cars, yelling and screaming at these Waymos because there were no drivers,” Guingona said.
