The Self-Driving Cars That Can't Handle a Puddle

Let me tell you something about the future. In Atlanta, one of Waymo's fancy robotaxis got stuck in a flooded intersection for an HOUR. Just sat there. In water. The company's response? "Safety is Waymo's top priority." That's the thing about tech companies. They'll tell you anything. Waymo — you know, the Google sibling that's supposed to be the future of transportation, the thing that's going to save us from bad drivers — has now paused service in TWO cities because their robotaxis keep driving into floods. Atlanta. San Antonio. Both suspended. Both because their cars apparently can't tell the difference between a road and a swimming pool. And this isn't even their first problem. Remember when Waymo kept illegally passing stopped school buses? They shipped a fix. Didn't work. They shipped another fix. Still didn't work. The federal government is now investigating — both NHTSA and NTSB — because apparently "the fix that doesn't work" is Waymo's signature move.