US EditionWaymo Standoff in San Francisco Goes Viral
Two Waymo vehicles made minor contact while attempting multi-point turns, causing a three-car blockage on a dead-end street that prevented residents from exiting.
- On Monday, December 8, 2025, video shows three Waymo self-driving cars blocking a residential street at Kearney and Vallejo, North Beach, after two appeared to hit each other.
- Waymo officials said two vehicles made minor contact at low speed while executing multi-point turns to exit the dead-end street, with one turning around and being struck by the other.
- Bystander footage shows the three Waymos bricked with flashing lights, one broadcasting `I can't move at the moment, but help is on the way,` while a third stopped about a dozen feet away and bystanders found a QR code on vehicles to alert Waymo.
- A man in a high-vis vest entered a vehicle and manually backed it out, after which one Waymo drove away before stopping again as the street began clearing in the follow-up video.
- The viral clip has more than 3 million views and follows recent Waymo controversies, including reports of animal fatalities and software changes reported by the Wall Street Journal.
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abc 7 LA3 Waymo self-driving cars in 'standoff' cause traffic jam in San Francisco
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These two Waymos collided on an uphill street in San Francisco, leading to a deadlock in the street, with a third Waymo and a box truck getting stuck on the street as well. The video was posted on reddit, not showing the collision, but the aftermath. While there seems to be no visible damage to the cars and they rather have a soft smooch, the question arises, what caused that collision. This type of incident looks very similar to one a few month…
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