The robotaxi service Waymo called the police on two California teens who were allegedly drinking while underage and shooting a toy gun, the San Mateo Police Department said on July 6.
“Parents do you know where your teens are?” the department stated in an Instagram post. “[Waymo] does! The Waymo might have been the smartest idea yet, because driving impaired would’ve made this so much worse.”
The police department alleged that the two 15-year-olds drank alcohol while shooting Orbeez—small gel beads used as toys—from the vehicle that chauffeured them around San Mateo, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area. The autonomous vehicle stopped and called the police….
