Two Waymos imprisoned this California driver in her car earlier this week, forcing her to call the police to help her — as the robocars face a freeway reckoning.

A recall two weeks ago was supposed to fix the problem. An unoccupied Waymo got stuck in an Atlanta flood on Wednesday. The permanent fix doesn't exist yet.

Waymo's AVs can make mistakes. And it's not the first time Waymo AVs have. The vehicles were reported to have passed stopped school buses in error earlier this year. Waymo has issued software updates to fix the issues.

Years went by with driverless cars only showing up in films, presentations, or wild guesses about tomorrow. A car moving without someone at the wheel felt exciting yet far from something you’d see around town.

A man was filmed throwing a rock at one of Waymo’s self-driving test cars in London, shattering a window before the vehicle sped off through a red light to escape him. The footage has since ... Read m