A Bay Area woman was left baffled after a Waymo ride doubled the time of her regular commute. TikTok user Alma (@almmmers) posted a video of herself speaking into the camera while riding in the backseat of the autonomous taxi.
“This is my first time in a Waymo, and usually my commute is 20-30 minutes. But today, it’s like an hour. And it’s because we’re taking the streets,” she says. “Is Waymo afraid of the freeway? Was there a way for me to change the route that we took and I just didn’t know? Because what the heck?”
To drive her point home, she caps off her video by flipping around her camera’s orientation to show her Waymo stuck in traffic.
Route Options
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