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A Los Angeles man nearly missed his flight after his experience using a self-driving taxi.
In a LinkedIn post, tech entrepreneur Mike Johns shared his experience using Waymo, a self-driving car service owned by Google's parent company Alphabet. Johns was trying to head to the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix when his Waymo vehicle took him in circles in a parking lot.
“My Monday was fine till i got into one of Waymo ‘s “humanless” cars. I get in, buckle up ( safety first) and the saga begins,” Johns wrote on LinkedIn. “This autonomous vehicle said to heck with GPS, the car just went around in circles, eight circles at that.”
Waymo reportedly recognized there was an issue with Johns' ride, and a customer service representative contacted him to troubleshoot.
“I got a flight to catch. Why is this thing going in a circle — I’m getting dizzy,” Johns told the representative in the video. “Has this been hacked? What’s going on? I feel like I’m in the movies.”
The representative told Johns that she was locating a place for the car to pull over and to "pause the ride." Despite the delay in his trip, Johns said he was still able to make his flight.
“My Waymo experience sucked. Mind you I was on my way to the airport and nearly missed my flight. I’ll keep it old fashion and just #Lyft or #Uber,” Johns wrote on LinkedIn.
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