Well, recently in Austin Waymo cars blocked emergency services during a mass shooting event.

That may be causing other cities some caution.

America in a nutshell. We won't do anything about mass shooting events besides hold up deployment of a life saving technology.

I can assure you that Austin drivers do all sorts of terrible things on a far more regular basis.

there have been a lot more issues than just that incident

they apparently like driving into floodwaters [1]

one vehicle got confused by construction barriers, entered opposing traffic, and halted [2]

in Dallas, a gas leak caused an explosion that leveled an apartment building, a Waymo unit blocked the scene, and first responders had to first reach into the car and try grasping the wheel, before the remote support agent agreed to kill the car and put it in neutral so they could push it out of their way [3]

I have a moderate fear for the safety of my children with these things on the road

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgplyxxl75o

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Austin/comments/1tzszpx/waymo_stuck...

[3] https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-06-04/oak-cliff-apartment...