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SUN · 16 AUG 2026
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Waymo's Big Numbers Meet a Prankster's Traffic Jam

Waymo touts 20 million paid rides and a 92% drop in pedestrian injuries versus human drivers, with an eye on 1 million weekly rides by end of 2026 — fueling bullish takes like Seeking Alpha's 'buy' call and Business Insider's look at growing rider trust in San Francisco and Phoenix. But the week's more memorable image came from a San Francisco prankster who summoned 50 Waymos to a single street, exposing coordination glitches that undercut the company's safety-first narrative even as human-driver displacement remains an open question.

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