A high-tech, low-intelligence thief tried to escape in a self-driving Waymo car after robbing a Los Angeles grocery store Monday night — only to be foiled when cops used its technology to

L.A. tech entrepreneur Mike Johns posted a video of his call to a customer service rep as his self-driving Waymo car kept turning in circles.

LA tech entrepreneur said he almost missed flight after getting trapped in a Waymo that wouldn’t stop circling airport parking lot - Mike Johns says driverless car circled aimlessly in Arizona airport

A video posted by a Waymo passenger shows the autonomous car he rode in going in circles in an Arizona parking lot while he tried to get to the airport.

The man nearly missed his flight after the self-driving car drove him around and around, all while he was on the phone with a customer service rep who was unable to stop the wayward vehicle.

Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, told Gizmodo the rider wasn’t charged for his trip and has attempted to contact Johns but they haven’t connected yet. Waymo also emphasizes the circling lasted about five minutes. Johns told ABC15 Arizona that he was frustrated by the experience and “It’s like people are the experiment.”

Robbery suspect flees in a Waymo autonomous vehicle and is arrested by LAPD after the car stops for police signals.

Mike Johns posted a video on LinkedIn in which he was headed to Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Johns was still able to catch his flight but was left dizzy and frustrated by the experience with the taxi from Waymo, the self-driving car arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Waymo said the incident caused a five-minute delay.

The driverless Waymo robotaxis now serving a handful of cities have their critics. I’m not one of them. I’m going to try to do two things here. One: defend Waymo, the driverless taxi a lot of people seem to want to send off a cliff. Two: not make a single pun on the name. Both will be hard.

The vehicles Waymo receives from Geely, it says, are “base vehicles,” stripped of telematics systems and any other technology that would allow the vehicle to communicate with, or send data back to, its manufacturer. Only “authorized personnel” install Waymo's self-driving technology into the cars after they’re delivered to the United States.

The service is available in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Waymo cars are also coming to Austin, Atlanta, and Miami. The representative told Johns that they would work to find a ...

Mike Johns says he almost missed his flight after his Waymo self-driving taxi drove in circles — which he captured in a video posted to LinkedIn.