Waymo self-driving car stops moments before hitting runaway dog

SANTA MONICA California KCAL KCBS A protection camera captured the moment a Waymo self-driving car stopped mere seconds before colliding with a runaway dog in a Santa Monica neighborhood Professional photographer Christian Shenouda has taken thousands of dog pictures but it was his Ring doorbell camera that captured his neighbor s -year-old labrador mix Trevor escaping his owner s yard on Memorial Day The dog veritably came out of the house next door and went running down across the street he revealed My neighbor s friend called the dog back and that s when the Waymo came from the side and stopped just in time It was amazing After nearly being run over Trevor sprinted away unscathed easing his family s fears as they watched in terror just a sparse feet away I really don t think any other person driving a car would have stopped because he s so short and jumped right out in front of the car owner Lucas Kulma noted It was really amazing I saw the whole thing and I can t believe he didn t get hit Waymo explained its cars are equipped with three sensor types to give them a three-dimensional picture of their surroundings Additionally facts from million miles of real-world driving and billion miles of simulations combine with artificial intelligence to predict how other drivers might respond We rescued him when he was about a year old owner Candra Kulma stated We would ve been devastated if something happened to him