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Autonomous vehicle stopped after unsafe driving in PhoenixPhoenix AZ

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S 24th St & Air Ln, Phoenix, AZ 85034

Police attempted to stop an autonomous Waymo vehicle driving unsafely near 24th Street and Air Lane, Phoenix. The vehicle cut off a police car and failed to yield at an intersection. The Waymo stopped on the shoulder with no driver inside, and a second Waymo pulled up behind it.

Audio|Source: Chandler Police and Fire, Phoenix Fire
03:25
Transcript:
00:00
Good 9-07.
00:01
Q me for a minute. I'm going to try to pull over a Waymo.
00:10
I'm not sure how this is going to go. I'm at near 24th Street and Air Lane.
00:17
I mean that was near 24th Street and Air Lane?
00:26
Okay, sir.
00:29
Arizona, 4, George Adams, 7, George D. Brux.
00:34
We're eastbound on Air Lane at 5 miles an hour on the right side of the shoulder.
00:42
I copy. We're 5 miles per hour. Eastbound on Air Lane now in the right shoulder.
00:50
1029, 7, Adams, 7 George, Zebra, 4,
00:53
26, 2024, January, I face, 2E, subject out of correction, to Weimo, out of Tamara, right, 946.
01:00
Yeah,
01:05
Waymo, we're getting a little crazy here,
01:07
just hard now,
01:10
I'm back on the right, so I'm going to figure out what I want to do here.
01:15
And, well, we'll try their contact their dispatches as well, sir.
01:19
Okay,
01:28
733. I copy. You're gonna cut it off and stop it.
01:33
Was there another unit covered?
01:36
31, I see.
01:38
731, 10.4.
01:42
33, I've got the WAMO stopped.
01:44
There's no one driving. Let me trip to the passenger.
01:49
I caught it, I copy you have it stopped, no driver will check for a passenger.
01:58
The rack will not go unless we can go first and determine whether or not they are needed.
02:09
3733, a copy door will not open.
02:12
Do you have a vehicle number or anything on that so we can give Waymoser?
02:20
The 28 I gave you.
02:24
I got the only number is the 1028.
02:26
Then up to you know that intersection. It turned up right in front of me and pump me off as they hit the brakes.
02:41
Was it failed to yield at an intersection and cut you off and you had to brake? Alright, not great.
02:55
The out of Mesa on a 23 Toyota GR86.
03:05
3 and the kind of fixing all there where you're an armine on steam with stop with gas and more advice when discriminating the call.
03:13
Turn 4.
03:22
I copy another Waymo has now pulled up behind you.

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S 24th St & Air Ln, Phoenix, AZ 85034
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