Drunk and firing guns: Police detain 2 teens after a joy ride in a Waymo in Northern California

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https://apnews.com/article/waymo-arrest-teens-san-mateo-police-d7163a63087671c784c1afb4eda8653e

Police detain 2 teens after a joy ride in a Waymo in Northern California

BY JAIMIE DING
Updated 5:42 PM PDT, July 8, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police detained two 15-year-olds who they say were drinking and shooting water beads while riding in a self-driving Waymo after the company alerted law enforcement in Northern California and remotely forced the vehicle into a parking lot, officials said.

San Mateo police officers stopped and searched the vehicle Monday afternoon after a Waymo representative contacted them, department spokesperson Jeanine Luna said.

Photos from a bystander shared with a local TV station showed the teens hanging out of the Waymo’s windows. Police say they determined they were drinking in the car and shooting Orbeez, which are soft, water-absorbent polymer beads, out into the streets.

Waymo pulled the vehicle over into a parking lot and let officers know they were doing so.

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1. So you don't get them for Careless and/or Wreckless driving, what do you get them on? Technically, they weren't driving

I imagine that the company does have an age limit for those that can engage such vehicles under a fee arrangement, but just don't really know.

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2. Drunk and firing guns: The teens or the police?

Inquiring minds want to know.

In unrelated SATIRE news, two teens seeking a pizza from Tony's Pizza Napoletana were driven by a Waymo to Pizza Hut instead, after the auto locked the doors and sped off.

Asked why, the auto simply replied, "Capitalism, Comrade, Tony was outbid on our online ad auction."

Satire now, a way of life SOON.