Caught on video: Waymo driverless car avoids hitting person falling off scooter
AUSTIN, Texas - The co-CEO of Waymo shared video on social media of one of the company's driverless vehicles avoiding hitting a person.
Dmitri Dolgov shared video on X of the vehicle which he says was driving down a road in Austin.
The video shows the car going along the road when a person falls off a scooter and into the road.
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The car then swerves and misses hitting the person.
Dolgov says in his post, "We recently began serving riders in Austin, and it’s great to see the safety benefits of the @Waymo Driver already playing out for both our riders and other road users."
The Source: Information from X post by Dmitri Dolgov.