John Berry
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John Berry
@aniccia.bsky.social
· Jul 25
NHTSA closed their year+ investigation of Waymo. Waymo's 2 recalls re to this investigation were for crashing into a utility pole and roadway barriers. Evidently, robots repeatedly driving on the wrong side of the road into traffic and disobeying traffic control devices is ok in USA. Scale that.
An uncrewed Waymo robot hit and injured a child on January 23rd in Santa Monica near an elementary school "during normal school drop off hours."
NHTSA is investigating.
NHTSA is investigating.
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
An uncrewed Waymo robot hit and injured a child on January 23rd in Santa Monica near an elementary school "during normal school drop off hours."
NHTSA is investigating.
NHTSA is investigating.
Waymo stuck for ~30 minutes:
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Waymo stuck for ~30 minutes:
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
400 block of Douglas, San Francisco
Behind OP is a tight turn to a deadend (Corwin) at Kite Hill. This is the only way out unless you walk down the stairs to the left at the start of the video. ~20 MDU buildings were blocked by one robot.
OP: tiktok.rumenuter
A Waymo robot stuck on a chair:
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
January 29, 2026 at 1:21 AM
A Waymo robot stuck on a chair:
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
W University Dr at SR 143, Tempe, AZ
Waymo robots have hit many objects in the street, inc a shopping cart and an escooter. Waymo's redacted NHTSA crash report should mention if the chair was moving, fell off a truck, etc. Expected ~mid-March.
OP: tiktok.theganjag
A Waymo robot w safety driver stuck in snow:
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 AM
A Waymo robot w safety driver stuck in snow:
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
4th and D St SW, Washington DC
DC does not permit uncrewed robots.
OP: tiktok.deafopia
"Waymo doing Waymo things"
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
"Waymo doing Waymo things"
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
OP: tiktok.coltonw420
100 S Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona
IYKYK
"If Tesla truly had unsupervised Robotaxis operating in Austin, riders would be posting videos constantly."
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
sounds like absolutely nothing has changed in Tesla's Austin robotaxi deployment since I checked it out in June (except for 8 crashes and an enlarged, phallic geofence)
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
"If Tesla truly had unsupervised Robotaxis operating in Austin, riders would be posting videos constantly."
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
US reporting of uncrewed robots is so poor ppl have to speculate existence from anecdata.
FTR, even Tesla's NHTSA crash reports don't disclose this info.
FWIW, 9 SGO crashes Jul-Nov 2025.
A redditor says Waymo said they suspended service to the Phoenix Sky Harbor terminals because of construction. If so, this would explain why it started about when a major construction project began and why it sometimes is available, eg perhaps as construction allows.
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
Bonzo205's comment on "Waymo Sky Harbor Interruptions?"
Explore this conversation and more from the phoenix community
www.reddit.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A redditor says Waymo said they suspended service to the Phoenix Sky Harbor terminals because of construction. If so, this would explain why it started about when a major construction project began and why it sometimes is available, eg perhaps as construction allows.
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
Waymo already (badly) handles:
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Waymo already (badly) handles:
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
- inability to make eye contact, usually by waiting & timeout
- police road closure, often w telops help
- SF, which ain't Phoenix
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social, will UK allow Waymo to stop in traffic indefinitely for no good/apparent reason & depend heavily on telops?
A Waymo 6th gen Zeekr w a safety driver hit parked cars in LA.
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
January 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A Waymo 6th gen Zeekr w a safety driver hit parked cars in LA.
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
Unknown if Waymo's ADS was engaged at any time during the incident. Waymo safety drivers have often taken over seconds before a crash, which Waymo identifies as "manually" driven. Waymo's crash report(s) should clarify this.
OP: x.KTLA
"Tesla’s robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they’re not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong."
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Tesla’s robotaxis are not robotaxis in the sense that they’re not fully driverless and still feature safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case anything goes wrong."
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
@andyjayhawk.bsky.social
This is factually incorrect and illustrates the nonsense naming used to obscure ADS incompetence.
FWIW, non-ICE related tiktok search is behaving weirdly and differently than a few days ago, eg this simple search for "waymo" with the "Date posted = Past 24 hours" filter returned in order videos posted:
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 AM
FWIW, non-ICE related tiktok search is behaving weirdly and differently than a few days ago, eg this simple search for "waymo" with the "Date posted = Past 24 hours" filter returned in order videos posted:
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
5 days ago
4 days ago
Oct 2024
Dec 2025
tiktok search wasn't so good before, but now is wtf.
For more than a month, an x bot has been running a bunch of accounts that repeatedly post minor variants of "Waymo cars driving calmer than humans...."
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread:
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread:
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
For more than a month, an x bot has been running a bunch of accounts that repeatedly post minor variants of "Waymo cars driving calmer than humans...."
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread:
if you are wondering how the "autonomous" agents for "autonomous" agents battles are going.
Sample from the beginning and end of a long thread:
The idea it shouldn't take longer to draft a Federal regulation than it takes to get a pizza delivered is of course insane, not that that would give this admin pause.
New "autonomous vehicle" regulations are "one of my top priorities," US DOT Sec Duffy, April, 2025.
New "autonomous vehicle" regulations are "one of my top priorities," US DOT Sec Duffy, April, 2025.
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
The idea it shouldn't take longer to draft a Federal regulation than it takes to get a pizza delivered is of course insane, not that that would give this admin pause.
New "autonomous vehicle" regulations are "one of my top priorities," US DOT Sec Duffy, April, 2025.
New "autonomous vehicle" regulations are "one of my top priorities," US DOT Sec Duffy, April, 2025.
Marin, the Venice of California.
Sea level rise could affect a substantial portion of existing Marin housing and businesses. The estimated costs to mitigate it are so high Marin may need to relax their rather extreme resistance to growth. Time & tides will tell.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Sea level rise could affect a substantial portion of existing Marin housing and businesses. The estimated costs to mitigate it are so high Marin may need to relax their rather extreme resistance to growth. Time & tides will tell.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Record-high tides hit a wealthy Bay Area county hard. It wasn't ready.
A breached levee is the latest flood problem.
www.sfgate.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Marin, the Venice of California.
Sea level rise could affect a substantial portion of existing Marin housing and businesses. The estimated costs to mitigate it are so high Marin may need to relax their rather extreme resistance to growth. Time & tides will tell.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Sea level rise could affect a substantial portion of existing Marin housing and businesses. The estimated costs to mitigate it are so high Marin may need to relax their rather extreme resistance to growth. Time & tides will tell.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
I have seen one other personal report of not being able to book a Waymo drop off at the Sky Harbor terminals, though nothing from Waymo or more general confirmation.
If you have their app in AZ, might be worth checking it at various times. Possible transient geo fence, else maybe a serious problem.
If you have their app in AZ, might be worth checking it at various times. Possible transient geo fence, else maybe a serious problem.
Waymo doesn’t seem to go directly to or from Sky Harbor airport at all anymore (hasn’t for a month, at least when I’ve tried during normal hours). It goes to Sky train stations. This is a pretty large degradation of service quality without an explanation.
January 26, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I have seen one other personal report of not being able to book a Waymo drop off at the Sky Harbor terminals, though nothing from Waymo or more general confirmation.
If you have their app in AZ, might be worth checking it at various times. Possible transient geo fence, else maybe a serious problem.
If you have their app in AZ, might be worth checking it at various times. Possible transient geo fence, else maybe a serious problem.
Apparently, Waymo shutdown in Austin bc of freezing temps and/or a forecast of freezing rain. Last winter, Waymo shutdown in Austin for a <inch of snow forecast.
IIRC, Waymo has shutdown for weather in every geo every year. That alone makes them <3 nines reliable at best and ~2 nines in some geos.
IIRC, Waymo has shutdown for weather in every geo every year. That alone makes them <3 nines reliable at best and ~2 nines in some geos.
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Apparently, Waymo shutdown in Austin bc of freezing temps and/or a forecast of freezing rain. Last winter, Waymo shutdown in Austin for a <inch of snow forecast.
IIRC, Waymo has shutdown for weather in every geo every year. That alone makes them <3 nines reliable at best and ~2 nines in some geos.
IIRC, Waymo has shutdown for weather in every geo every year. That alone makes them <3 nines reliable at best and ~2 nines in some geos.
Looks like Waymo is evaluating some sensors, based on these photos taken in San Francisco and posted on reddit:
- three radars (black rounded rectangles) along the bumper in pic1
- possible IR camera w pair of IR light arrays at top in pic1 and in pic2
The car may have "Engineering" on its side.
- three radars (black rounded rectangles) along the bumper in pic1
- possible IR camera w pair of IR light arrays at top in pic1 and in pic2
The car may have "Engineering" on its side.
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Looks like Waymo is evaluating some sensors, based on these photos taken in San Francisco and posted on reddit:
- three radars (black rounded rectangles) along the bumper in pic1
- possible IR camera w pair of IR light arrays at top in pic1 and in pic2
The car may have "Engineering" on its side.
- three radars (black rounded rectangles) along the bumper in pic1
- possible IR camera w pair of IR light arrays at top in pic1 and in pic2
The car may have "Engineering" on its side.
The increasingly AI/Gemini enhanced Gmail is having a Waymo-type update experience, ie incremental updates/improvements break or deprecate features that had been working.
Google's status dashboard doesn't show any problem, but users w AI on in Gmail are reporting spam filtering and sorting is off.
Google's status dashboard doesn't show any problem, but users w AI on in Gmail are reporting spam filtering and sorting is off.
January 24, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The increasingly AI/Gemini enhanced Gmail is having a Waymo-type update experience, ie incremental updates/improvements break or deprecate features that had been working.
Google's status dashboard doesn't show any problem, but users w AI on in Gmail are reporting spam filtering and sorting is off.
Google's status dashboard doesn't show any problem, but users w AI on in Gmail are reporting spam filtering and sorting is off.
Another Waymo robot blocked egress:
3701 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
The door handles being out implies it dropped off passenger(s) and may be stuck, eg if a door closed on a seat belt. If so, it may be there until Waymo sends someone.
Telops should engage & communicate.
OP: tiktok.youcangrieve
3701 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
The door handles being out implies it dropped off passenger(s) and may be stuck, eg if a door closed on a seat belt. If so, it may be there until Waymo sends someone.
Telops should engage & communicate.
OP: tiktok.youcangrieve
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Another Waymo robot blocked egress:
3701 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
The door handles being out implies it dropped off passenger(s) and may be stuck, eg if a door closed on a seat belt. If so, it may be there until Waymo sends someone.
Telops should engage & communicate.
OP: tiktok.youcangrieve
3701 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
The door handles being out implies it dropped off passenger(s) and may be stuck, eg if a door closed on a seat belt. If so, it may be there until Waymo sends someone.
Telops should engage & communicate.
OP: tiktok.youcangrieve
Whoa, NTSB opened an investigation of Waymo's failure to stop for school buses.
This is only the second NTSB investigation of an ADS. The previous was of the 2018 killing of Elaine Herzberg by Uber ATG which exposed deep and very serious technical and safety culture problems.
This is only the second NTSB investigation of an ADS. The previous was of the 2018 killing of Elaine Herzberg by Uber ATG which exposed deep and very serious technical and safety culture problems.
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Whoa, NTSB opened an investigation of Waymo's failure to stop for school buses.
This is only the second NTSB investigation of an ADS. The previous was of the 2018 killing of Elaine Herzberg by Uber ATG which exposed deep and very serious technical and safety culture problems.
This is only the second NTSB investigation of an ADS. The previous was of the 2018 killing of Elaine Herzberg by Uber ATG which exposed deep and very serious technical and safety culture problems.
Comedy of AI/sw errors.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: tiktok.kellykellakacornbread
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: tiktok.kellykellakacornbread
January 23, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Comedy of AI/sw errors.
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: tiktok.kellykellakacornbread
Waymo, not a ride, an adventure.
OP: tiktok.kellykellakacornbread
Yet another (77+) Wrong Way Waymo:
Belmont Ave at Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
Waymo robots trying to make a left turn by crossing double yellow lines to pass vehicles in the legal left turn lane is among the more common Wrong Way Waymo scenarios, ie more data than learning.
OP: tiktok.davidtolx5
Belmont Ave at Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
Waymo robots trying to make a left turn by crossing double yellow lines to pass vehicles in the legal left turn lane is among the more common Wrong Way Waymo scenarios, ie more data than learning.
OP: tiktok.davidtolx5
January 23, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Yet another (77+) Wrong Way Waymo:
Belmont Ave at Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
Waymo robots trying to make a left turn by crossing double yellow lines to pass vehicles in the legal left turn lane is among the more common Wrong Way Waymo scenarios, ie more data than learning.
OP: tiktok.davidtolx5
Belmont Ave at Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles
Waymo robots trying to make a left turn by crossing double yellow lines to pass vehicles in the legal left turn lane is among the more common Wrong Way Waymo scenarios, ie more data than learning.
OP: tiktok.davidtolx5
"Tesla is now in the awkward position of offering less standard safety tech than economy cars costing half as much"
It was never about safety or economy.
electrek.co/2026/01/23/t...
It was never about safety or economy.
electrek.co/2026/01/23/t...
Tesla cuts standard Autopilot, paywalls basic safety feature behind FSD subscription
Tesla has officially removed Basic Autopilot as a standard feature for new Model 3 and Model Y orders in North America.
electrek.co
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM
"Tesla is now in the awkward position of offering less standard safety tech than economy cars costing half as much"
It was never about safety or economy.
electrek.co/2026/01/23/t...
It was never about safety or economy.
electrek.co/2026/01/23/t...
Yet another (76+) Wrong Way Waymo forced opposing traffic into the bikelane to get around it:
2nd St approaching Howard, San Francisco
The robot turned right onto the wrong side of 2nd St from Natoma, per the screen in the robot.
Not the first Wrong Way Waymo on that block.
OP: x.WoodingtonBen
2nd St approaching Howard, San Francisco
The robot turned right onto the wrong side of 2nd St from Natoma, per the screen in the robot.
Not the first Wrong Way Waymo on that block.
OP: x.WoodingtonBen
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Yet another (76+) Wrong Way Waymo forced opposing traffic into the bikelane to get around it:
2nd St approaching Howard, San Francisco
The robot turned right onto the wrong side of 2nd St from Natoma, per the screen in the robot.
Not the first Wrong Way Waymo on that block.
OP: x.WoodingtonBen
2nd St approaching Howard, San Francisco
The robot turned right onto the wrong side of 2nd St from Natoma, per the screen in the robot.
Not the first Wrong Way Waymo on that block.
OP: x.WoodingtonBen
First passenger video of Tesla's just launched Austin uncrewed/driverless ridehail.
IDK how many robots they are operating or other ops details, but this is very likely the most reckless uncrewed robot passenger service ever in the US.
So much for the new tougher Texas AV regs.
OP: x.Tsla99T
IDK how many robots they are operating or other ops details, but this is very likely the most reckless uncrewed robot passenger service ever in the US.
So much for the new tougher Texas AV regs.
OP: x.Tsla99T
January 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
First passenger video of Tesla's just launched Austin uncrewed/driverless ridehail.
IDK how many robots they are operating or other ops details, but this is very likely the most reckless uncrewed robot passenger service ever in the US.
So much for the new tougher Texas AV regs.
OP: x.Tsla99T
IDK how many robots they are operating or other ops details, but this is very likely the most reckless uncrewed robot passenger service ever in the US.
So much for the new tougher Texas AV regs.
OP: x.Tsla99T