According to News, a homeless guy in Los Angeles recently got into trouble after attempting to steal a Waymo self-driving car.
The man, Vincent Maurice Jones, was arrested on charges of grand theft auto after entering the white autonomous car shortly after it had left off a passenger on Main Street north of First Street.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Jones, 33, attempted to manipulate the controls to drive the car but was stopped by the vehicle’s superior technology. According to a police statement documenting the failed effort, “Jones attempted to put the vehicle in ‘Drive’ but could not manipulate the controls.”
When a Waymo representative identified the intrusion, they used the car’s internet communications.Despite this, Jones refused, prompting the company to involve the police. Subsequently, a Central Division police unit responded, leading to Jones’s arrest for attempted grand theft
