Video shows self-driving Waymo's impressive 1-second reaction to car backing into its path
Published on Sep 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Sep 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
This is the moment a Waymo self-driving taxi had a lightning-fast response after a car backed into its path.
In the clip, the Waymo vehicle is making along a road at night when all of a sudden a car backs into its path.
The autonomous taxi sounds its horn and quickly moves out of the way – narrowly avoiding a smash.
The footage was shared on Reddit, where it quickly gained plenty of attention from folks impressed with its response time and claiming a human driver couldn’t compete.
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Claire covers a wide variety of topics, with a special focus on cars, technology, planes, cryptocurrency, and luxury.
