Two 15-year-olds in San Mateo learned this week that a driverless taxi can still tell on you. The pair were drinking alcohol and shooting Orbeez, soft water-filled pellets, out of a moving Waymo on Monday afternoon.
The car’s remote monitors spotted it, called 911, and pulled the vehicle over to wait for police, the Associated Press reported.
Officers did not treat it lightly. Video from the scene shows several of them with weapons drawn on the car, backed by a police dog. They removed both teens and searched the vehicle. Police detained the pair but did not arrest them. The cabin cameras had flagged what looked like a real firearm.
The robotaxi that snitched
San Mateo police stopped the car after a Waymo representative contacted them, department spokesperson Jeanine Luna said. Waymo shared the car’s location and steered it into a parking lot. The teens were free to leave the whole time. “The occupants were not locked in and had every ability to exit the vehicle,” Luna said.
