Trapped In Tech: Misadventures of Self-Driving Cars

"What happens when technology goes rogue?" In this segment, the team explores the bizarre story of a woman trapped in a malfunctioning Waymo self-driving car in Austin. KT shares the details of the viral TikTok video that brought the story to light, sparking a debate on the future of driverless cars. "I don't wanna get into a driverless car yet. I ain't ready," admits Skin, echoing the sentiments of many listeners.Listeners will be entertained by the hosts' witty banter and funny anecdotes, such as Krystina’s experience in a self-driving car and the story of a Waymo car stuck at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ah, Yes, it is the Ben and Skin Show ninety
seven point one The Eagle. Thank you for hanging out
with us today. Man, I'm really looking forward to the
results of this anonymous players poll we're gonna talk about
in the big Finish in which NBA players their names
are not attributed to it, but they sounded off on
the Luca trade. There's some pretty amazing stuff on that
and we'll we'll get to it coming up shortly, but

(00:22):
right now it's time for this.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
And now it's time for Basin Sweet Day of Day,
featuring veteran news anchor kt fun Tweets.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Here are the important stories he's currently tracking from around
the world.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yeah, so we told you a little bit earlier. Christina
is off most of this week. We'll be back on Friday.
Arianna's doing a great job filling in for her. But
Christina was sending us pictures yesterday and videos from her
and her boyfriend Mike inside a self driving car, which
is very interesting. When I saw this story today, this
woman in Austin says she got trapped. Her and her

(00:59):
friends got trapped inside a malfunctioning Waymo car, which is
a you know, it's the company, the driver less car,
so the company is pushing back against her story. Her
name's Becky Navarro. She posted this TikTok video. You got
a ton of views, and that's why this story is
taken off. She says that the Waymo continued driving past
their destination, started going in the wrong direction towards downtown,

(01:21):
and then it stopped under a highway bridge in a
horrible spot, and she says the car wouldn't move and
the group couldn't get out for five minutes. Meanwhile, the
traffic's driving past them, people are honking. Finally they get
hold of customer support and they won't unlock the doors,
and she threatens them like I'm about to go live

(01:42):
on TikTok. And this is on the TikTok video. I
didn't pullox. Her voice is very annoying. And in a
lane they're on this. Yeah, they're on the plane and
it looks almost like an access road. Is kind of
what it looked like to me. Austin's weirdest, kind of
in the out of the city part of Austin, you know.
So they're talking to customer support. She's like, I'm gonna

(02:04):
go live on TikTok if you don't let us out
of the car right now, he's kind of doing that routine. Finally,
they do unlock the car, the car.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Why would they not let them out of the car.

Speaker 3 (02:13):
Well, this is where way Mo jumped in.

Speaker 2 (02:15):
There's spokesperson's like, look, riders can stop the car whenever
they want and the doors open by pulling twice on
the handle. And they said they could have got out
if they've just followed the instructions of how to get
out of the car.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
But look, we do not locked them in the car.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
These girls who had been drinking, These ladies, these ladies
who had been drinking, we're not following the instructions of
how to get out of the car. Now, it's an
easy thing for Waimo to say, and we on really
have that on the footage. But the instructions are twice
and you could get out, and they're like.

Speaker 3 (02:47):
We're locked in. We were locked in for five minutes,
so they're freaking out.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
He kind of don't know in this day and age,
like the second anything happened, you'd just pull out your
phone and start filming it. I don't understand how there's
three or four people in here. No buddy filmed what
was happening.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Well, they did, you know, film the talking to customer
support and then walking away from the car and the
car just being stuck on the road.

Speaker 3 (03:08):
Okay, that's kind of funny right now. There's been a
few of these that has been reported.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
There was a managed trip to the airport got delayed
when the Weimo he was in started driving in circles
around the parking lot. Uh. In April, a Weaimo ap
Earlier this month, a Weaimo car got stuck at a
Chick fil A drive through in California.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
Dude, they probably freaked out.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
They don't let anything slow down.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
To me, yeah, there's so many nuggets we've got to serve.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
I don't want to get into a driverless car yet.
I ain't ready.

Speaker 4 (03:38):
The Christina, just that footage she was sending was terrifying
to me.

Speaker 3 (03:42):
It was very shocking. But we'll see.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
This is the new future, It's true. All right, good stuff,
Kat coming up next. Uh, let's go around the wildlife.
There's a raccoon attack. We've got the audio to prove it.

Speaker 3 (03:54):
That's next.