The Week contest: Robotaxi review
This week's question: A California man nearly missed his flight home from Scottsdale, Arizona, because his Waymo self-driving taxi repeatedly circled the airport parking lot and wouldn't let him disembark. In seven or fewer words, write a ride review from a passenger who is trapped inside a robo-taxi that refuses to stop.
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THE WINNER: "Going the extra mile was not helpful!"
Lenny Aberg, Bristol, Rhode Island
SECOND PLACE: "A little too much non-stop service."
Ed Levin, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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THIRD PLACE: "Would prefer less focus on customer retention."
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Here is fine. HERE IS FINE!!!"
Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Virginia
"Went Waymo miles than expected!"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Nowhere, everywhere, all at once"
Randolph Clark, Arlington Heights, Illinois
"They better not charge me for gas."
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"Carjacked by the car!"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Waymo trouble than I expected!"
Glenn Brooks, Burien, Washington
Nine circles of hell en route.
Georgianna Groux, Asheville, North Carolina
"They gave me the runaround."
Michael Coyle, Avon, Connecticut
"Self-driving...Not self-arriving"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
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