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I was actually there for this event (just as a spectator): most of the people were gathered down at the intersection. The car came down the hill, and then it slowed down as it approaching the intersection because there were.. obviously a ton of people in the intersection. _Then_ everyone swarmed the car / surrounded it / jumped on it / tagged it. It basically didn't move while this was happening. Then eventually the crowd let it through.

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But according to the article the car had a driver in it, that "got out safely".

Besides the car being a Waymo (which may or may not be part of the reason why it was "swarmed"), it must not have been such a great experience for the driver to be circled and have people jumping on the car bonnet and roof, I guess it could have happened to any car happening to pass by that intersection.

Other cars did try to pass through the intersection, and were also stopped / surrounded / jumped on. But for a lot less time, with fewer people jumping on it, and as far as I can tell, the Waymo was the only one that was tagged. Definitely would not have been a pleasant experience.

And all cars were eventually let through after some heckling / jumping.

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