{"id":244006,"date":"2026-09-13T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-arstyle-ghost-gun-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T18:04:15","slug":"waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-arstyle-ghost-gun-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-arstyle-ghost-gun-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested","title":{"rendered":"Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded ARstyle ghost gun San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following a tip-off from robotaxi<\/a> firm Waymo, San Francisco police conducted a \u201chigh-risk vehicle stop\u201d and arrested two juveniles last week. The crime? The Waymo had seen its two passengers handling a loaded AR-style assault rifle. Police who intercepted the car also found \u201csuspected marijuana and mace spray,\u201d reports SFGate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fully autonomous taxi cabs like the Waymo in this story are an increasingly common form of transport seen on the world\u2019s roads. With no human driver, these electric vehicles are packed with sensors, cameras<\/a>, and more, all tied into the software presence that is called the Waymo Driver. To ensure the utmost safety, the sensors also continually monitor passengers. This might typically check if passengers are following the rules regarding minor transgressions like smoking or not wearing a seatbelt. In this case, the cameras recognized something more serious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following a tip-off from robotaxi firm Waymo, San Francisco police conducted a \u201chigh-risk vehicle stop\u201d and arrested two juveniles last week. The crime? The Waymo had seen its two passengers handling a loaded AR-style assault rifle. Police who intercepted the car also found \u201csuspected marijuana and mace spray,\u201d reports SFGate. Fully autonomous taxi cabs like [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498,6,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-augmented-reality","category-robotics-ai","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}