TECH - Tesla CEO Elon Musk Laughs At Waymo Getting Flagged Down By Police For Driving Into Opposing Lanes Of Traffic: 'Comedy Writes Itself' (Updated) | Benzinga
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with a statement from Waymo.
A driverless Waymo car’s reaction to being pulled over by the police in Phoenix has Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk in splits.
What Happened: Musk on Thursday responded to a video shared on X of a driverless car being pulled over by the police in Phoenix. The car is seen in the video as rolling down the driver’s side window as the police approached when it didn’t even have a driver.
“Straight out of the "Silicon Valley" show. The comedy writes itself,” Musk wrote in response to the video. The CEO is referring to the television comedy series called Silicon Valley which parodies the culture of tech startups in the region. The show features Thomas Middleditch in the role of Richard, an introverted computer programmer.
The video snippet shared on X was first shared by azcentral, the digital version of The Arizona Republic newspaper. The full-length video shows the Phoenix police stopping a Waymo car after it drove into opposing lanes of traffic ...