A video shared thousands of times on social media shows the car driving into oncoming traffic in Tempe. However, an ASU professor says the cars are still safe.
TEMPE, Ariz. — Pulling up next to an autonomous car is becoming a normal occurrence for drivers in the Valley, but there are some moments that can’t help but catch people by surprise.
One of those moments was widely shared on social media recently.
The video shows a Waymo autonomous car trying to turn left onto Rural Road, just north of U.S. Highway 60 in Tempe, but it was blocked by cars waiting at the light. The driverless car then appears to “think” for a moment before turning into oncoming traffic.
“When the car is faced with something it hasn’t experienced before, yes, it can be hesitant, it can be confused, much like a human driver that’s plunged into a completely unknown situation,” Andrew Maynard, an ASU professor of …
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