A stalled Waymo brought Kamala Harris’ motorcade to a halt in SF
A motorcade escorting Vice President Kamala Harris to San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel was brought to a standstill late Friday by a stalled Waymo.
Video from ABC7 shows the driverless car stopping while making a U-turn on California Street. A police officer then gets in the robotaxi to drive it out of the way.
HAPPENING NOW: A driverless @Waymo gets stuck making a u-turn as @VP’s motorcade arrived at the Fairmont S.F. An SFPD officer had to manually drive the vehicle out. We’re hearing this wasn’t the only one… @abc7newsbayarea pic.twitter.com/uCdiTf9lbB
The distinctly San Francisco traffic jam punctuated a visit that’s likely to be Harris’ last stop in the city before the election. The Democratic presidential nominee was set to speak at a private fundraiser the next day.
The Waymo malfunction is just the latest of many incidents in San Francisco involving self-driving cars, which are still exempt from traffic citations. But that will soon change.
