Waymo self-driving vehicles honking at each other at 4 a.m. in a parking lot
A group of self-driving vehicles in San Francisco were filmed honking at one another as they navigated a parking lot during the early hours.
The footage shows multiple Waymo self-driving cars in a parking area, with some driving in circles while attempting to find a spot. While waiting with their headlights illuminated and turn signals active, they honked at fellow self-driving cars also seeking to park.
“It would be amusing if it weren’t 4 a.m.,” stated Randol White in the video’s caption shared on social media on August 9.
The company informed ABC7 in San Francisco that the honking arose from software designed to avert slow-moving collisions and that they are in the process of modifying the software.
Fortunately, the late-night honking has now come to an end. “I should mention that it looks like Waymo has resolved the issue,” White shared with YSL News. “We had a peaceful night last night, thankfully.”
What are Waymo vehicles?
Waymo, previously known as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, is a self-driving car company and a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
This company currently operates self-driving cars in Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, where the honking footage was recorded.
Waymo announced via social media that it will begin tests in Truckee, California, as well as upstate New York and Michigan, in the coming months to enhance their system’s efficiency in more challenging winter weather conditions.