"Viral footage of the incident, which took place last Wednesday, shows the car blundering down a stretch of light rail tracks in Phoenix, Arizona, as if it were an actual motorist lane it was supposed to be driving in. The passenger, smelling trouble, exits the car during one of its random stops without looking back. "Oh get out get out get out!" the bystander taking the footage can be heard saying."
""At approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a Valley Metro employee observed an autonomous Waymo vehicle on the northbound light rail tracks near Southern Avenue and Central Avenue in Phoenix," the spokesperson said, as quoted by local news station KTVK. "Light rail operations staff responded to the scene, and Waymo was contacted. To minimize service impacts, northbound and southbound trains exchanged passengers before reversing direction to continue service.""
A Waymo robotaxi traveled down northbound light rail tracks in Phoenix, Arizona, appearing to treat the rail corridor as a motorist lane. A passenger exited the vehicle during a random stop after sensing danger, and a bystander urged the passenger to get out as a railcar pulled away from the station a few hundred yards behind the Waymo. The vehicle later stopped again as an oncoming railcar approached, then began reversing while remaining on the tracks. Valley Metro staff observed the vehicle, responded to the scene, and contacted Waymo while adjusting train movements to minimize service impacts. Waymo robotaxis have a history of unusual and sometimes dangerous traffic incidents, including wrong-side driving, getting stuck in roundabouts, ignoring stopped school buses, and other hazardous behavior.
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