{"id":16320,"date":"2026-09-17T18:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=16320"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:13:53","slug":"video-shows-waymo-autonomous-car-blocking-phoenix-traffic-in-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=16320","title":{"rendered":"Video shows Waymo autonomous car blocking Phoenix traffic in flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/az-waymo-flooding.jpg\" \/>     <\/p>\n<p>The autonomous vehicle was seen moving back and forth while trying to get past the flooded street. (Credit: Roger Pelkey via Storyful)<\/p>\n<p>A Waymo vehicle struggled to navigate a flooded street in Phoenix this month, becoming stuck for more than 10 minutes in an &#8220;AI loop,&#8221; according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>The car was filmed as it hesitantly moved back and forth, at one point almost backing into another car.<\/p>\n<p>WAYMO GETS REGULATORY APPROVAL TO SCALE UP ROBOTAXI SERVICE ACROSS CALIFORNIA, ENTER 2 NEW MARKETS<\/p>\n<p>A Waymo vehicle gets stuck on a flooded Phoenix street as it became stuck in an &#8220;AI loop,&#8221; one witness said. (Roger Pelkey via Storyful)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were actually two Waymos holding up traffic,&#8221; said Roger Pelkey, who captured the incident on video. &#8220;The one further up finally made it through. This one was stuck in an AI loop and frustrating drivers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The video shows the vehicle continually moving slightly forward before backing up, as other vehicles with human drivers went around.<\/p>\n<p>WAYMO RECALLS NEARLY 4,000 ROBOTAXIS AFTER CARS ENTER FREEWAY WORK ZONES<\/p>\n<p>A Waymo vehicle seen on a street while trying to navigate the floodwaters. (Roger Pelkey via Storyful)<\/p>\n<p>In May, Waymo suspended its driverless taxi operations across multiple cities \u2014 including Atlanta, San Antonio, Austin, Houston and Dallas \u2014 due to repeated incidents involving floodwaters.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles encountered severe weather and drove into submerged streets, with some becoming stranded or stuck in floodwaters.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the company brought its driverless robotaxi service to Denver, San Diego and Tampa, expanding its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to 14 cities.<\/p>\n<p>A text reading &#8220;Almost at Pickup&#8221; appears for a person hailing a Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco, March 18, 2025. (Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO<\/p>\n<p>FOX Business has reached out to Waymo for comment.<\/p>\n<p>#Video #shows #Waymo #autonomous #car #blocking #Phoenix #traffic #flood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The autonomous vehicle was seen moving back and forth while trying to get past the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[693,10264,2184,5491,3441,565,1766,1327,444],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}