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Re:Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing tr... by jerlam on Sunday December 21, 2025 @06:38PM (#46349788)
The Waymos still have all their normal driver controls. There is a process where law enforcement can enter the vehicle, call Waymo and verify their law enforcement status, and then switch the vehicle into manual mode and drive it as normal.

Here is their instructions for law enforcement in the Waymo Emergency Response Guide:

https://storage.googleapis.com/waymo-uploads/files/first%20r...

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Re:Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing tr... by MBCook on Sunday December 21, 2025 @10:32PM (#46351026)
Ok. Thanks. I must have been thinking of something else.

Didn’t Google have little self-driving vehicles without controls that were limited to pre-planned routes on non-public roads on their campus?

Obviously a hugely different problem domain.

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