Waymo rides hit papercut issues: stalling, jerky turns, near-miss reversals
henloitsjoyce · x · 2026-10-05
A developer documents a series of papercut moments on recent Waymo robotaxi rides: trips stalling for minutes for no reason, followed by sudden reversals that nearly hit other cars; jerky, abrupt turns and lane changes; and persistent Spotify playback trouble in the car. He suspects a recent software update regression.
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