AutonomousMedium
Two Passengers Report Feeling Trapped in Waymo Car During Sensor Obstruction
- Occurred
- Feb 3, 2024
- Published
- Feb 8, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
During a nighttime Waymo ride in San Francisco, an individual reportedly blocked the sensors of an autonomous vehicle, leaving passengers Robert Moreno and his husband feeling trapped and unsure how to proceed. Waymo's support team reportedly advised the riders to stay inside the vehicle for safety. The individual reportedly left after a few minutes without further escalation.
Developers
- Waymo
Deployers
- Waymo
Harmed parties
- Robert Moreno's husband
- Robert Moreno
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves an autonomous vehicle sensor obstruction causing passenger distress, fitting the AUTONOMOUS category with medium severity due to reported safety concerns.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8