Homeless Man Tries to Steal Waymo Robotaxi in Los Angeles

A homeless man 'was taken into custody on suspicion of grand theft auto,' reports the Los Angeles Times, 'after police said he tried to steal a Waymo self-driving car in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night.'

The man entered and tried to operate a Waymo vehicle that had stopped to let out a passenger at the corner of 1st and Main at 10:30 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department detective Meghan Aguilar said. After the man, whom a Waymo spokesman described as an 'unauthorized pedestrian,' entered the vehicle, the company's Rider Support team instructed him to exit the car. When he did not, the company contacted the police, 'who were then able to remove and arrest' the man, said Chris Bonelli, a Waymo spokesman...

No injuries were reported by the rider, and there was no damage to the vehicle, Bonelli said. The car was stationary during the entire incident because an unauthorized person was identified by the company to be in the vehicle, according to Waymo.

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