Confused driverless taxis take over streets in American suburb

Saturday, 16 May 2026 11:43

Dozens of driverless Waymo vehicles have been seen circling through an Atlanta neighbourhood without riders.

It's like a scene from a dystopian film.

Dozens of driverless Waymo vehicles have been seen circling through an Atlanta neighbourhood without riders.

Neighbours say they even tried to put out cones to block the electric Jaguar I-PACE SUVs from entering but that caused even more chaos.

One video shows multiple cars going around and around a roundabout.

Another video taken by a local showed 13 Waymos going by in ten minutes, CNN reported.

Andy Brown Milheizer who lives in the area said there was a "constant stream."

"One of them almost did run over our cul-de-sac cat, Buddy and so that was a final straw," she told NBC News.

They say the issue has been getting worse, with the cars driving in circles seeming waiting for somebody to order one.

"Our big concern is just the excessive traffic on the street, you know, we have more families, we have small kids, we have animals and pets. We've got kids getting on the bus in the mornings, and it just doesn't feel safe to have that traffic," one local said.

Residents' efforts to try and block the cars, which are now on offer in multiple American cities and are summoned in a similar way to Ubers, have failed.

Deborah Childers said it's "bothersome".

"It's not like one it's like three or maybe four, you know, just they do the same loop. They practice their braking and their signals."

They said Waymo hasn't responded to their pleas to help.

Waymo told Fox5 Atlanta it has "already worked with our fleet partner to address this routing behaviour."

The company recalled thousands of cars recently after some vehicles drove into flood waters in Texas and stalled.