A driverless Waymo taxi being tested in London ploughed into a taped-off crime scene on Wednesday evening, but the firm insisted it was under human control at the time.
The incredible spectacle unfolded in Harlesden in the capital’s north west, where a road was closed by Met Police officers following a double stabbing.
As bystanders filmed the police cordon, the white car – which is designed to be fully autonomous – sped into the tape, seemingly not noticing the police’s flashing blue lights and the ‘Do Not Coss’ tape stretched across the carriageway at windscreen height.
In the footage, a number of loud
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