Waymo said its robotaxi struck the child at 6 miles per hour, after braking “hard” from around 17 miles per hour. The young pedestrian “suddenly entered the roadway from behind a tall SUV, moving directly into our vehicle’s path,” the company said in its blog post. Waymo said its vehicle “immediately detected the individual as soon as they began to emerge from behind the stopped vehicle.”
“Following contact, the pedestrian stood up immediately, walked to the sidewalk, and we called 911. The vehicle remained stopped, moved to the side of the road, and stayed there until law enforcement cleared the vehicle to leave the scene,” Waymo wrote in the post.
the kid is probably lucky it was a waymo and not the other fucking idiots who drive 50 mph in 20 mph zones in california
some kid just lost both of his parents a couple weeks ago who were walking in a clearly visible crosswalk after dropping their kid off because some 20 something dipshit was screaming his daddy’s truck through a school zone and ran them both over without looking
the kid is probably lucky it was a waymo and not the other fucking idiots who drive 50 mph in 20 mph zones in california
some kid just lost both of his parents a couple weeks ago who were walking in a clearly visible crosswalk after dropping their kid off because some 20 something dipshit was screaming his daddy’s truck through a school zone and ran them both over without looking