Passenger finds out why you shouldn't honk the horn in a self-driving Waymo car

After messing around in the self-driving Waymo car, this passenger found out the hard way why you shouldn’t honk the horn.

With the emergence of self-driving taxis in the United States, there’s a lot of curiosity about how they work.

Especially when the roads take an unexpected turn – it happens to the best of drivers, who sometimes have to honk the horn to warn off other road users.

But how does that happen in a Waymo? Well, it doesn’t, unless you want to be on the receiving end of a very stern phone call.

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Waymo passenger shows why you shouldn’t honk the horn

As the self-driving Waymo fleet has been joined by Tesla Robotaxis on the roads of Austin, Texas, the effectiveness of the EVs has been placed under the microscope.

Tesla specifically has had a turbulent start, with passengers getting strange calls mid-journey.

But Waymo has been trying to show its superiority over Tesla recently.

Still, the company doesn’t mess around when it comes to passenger safety, and it has recently flagged one passenger.

TikTok user Shalini took to the platform to reveal she got a phone call from the company after beeping the horn.

The caller instantly quizzed the passenger.

“Any reason why you used the horn?” he asked.

But after saying she was just expressing her curiosity, the Waymo employee quickly got down to business with a stern warning.

“I just wanted to let you know that touching the controls, especially on the driver’s side, is actually a violation,” he said.

He affirmed that repeated honks and control interference would result in a Waymo-wide ban.

Self-driving Waymo cars are getting rolled out across the US

Given the success of the self-driving Waymo fleet so far, these cars are set to be rolled out in more American cities and attract new passengers, like James May, who took the driverless car out for a spin in California.

Automotive cars aren’t without error themselves, but there are a number of ways that they enforce safety measures.

Just don’t honk the horn.

Don’t be like Nemo and touch the boat, you know how that turns out…

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