--- title: "Waymo Baffles Police When it Plows Through Taped Off Crime Scene" description: "A Waymo was filmed plowing through a police cordon in London as officers investigated a grizzly double-stabbing." date: "2026-04-25" modified: "2026-04-25" authors: - name: "Joe Wilkins" job_title: "Correspondent" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jwilkins" url: "https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/waymo-london-crime-scene" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Self-Driving Vehicles" --- # Waymo Baffles Police When it Plows Through Taped Off Crime Scene ![White police car with flashing blue lights at night on a street corner, near a traffic light showing red. A person is standing on the sidewalk to the right of the car.]() *zonjy.media via TikTok* Londoners are learning the hard way that self-driving cars still have plenty of kinks to iron out. The latest incident from the company happened late Wednesday night in Harlesden, a burg in Northwest London. Police had closed a road in order to investigate a [grisly double-stabbing](), blocking off the street with crime scene tape and flashing squad cars. All was fine and good — except the double stabbing, of course, though thankfully neither victim died from their injuries — until a driverless Waymo decided to plow right through the police cordon and into the crime scene, [the *Telegraph* reported](). Video shared on [social media]() shows the moment the Waymo plowed through the tape, earning a scolding chirp from the squad car as officers tried to block it from going any further. "He can't see the — can't see the lights," a [recording onlooker]() says to another bystander. "Oh my days, bruv... that's a Waymo driverless taxi, y'know, the driverless ones. Look what happened." https://www.instagram.com/p/DXgvxK7CFqi/ Waymo, for its part, told the *Telegraph* that the vehicle had been under human control at the time, as if that's any better than the alternative. No damage was caused at the crime scene, however. While most Waymo horror stories originate from the San Francisco Bay area, the vehicles are becoming an increasing presence across the pond as well. The Google-owned company first announced its expansion into London in [October 2025](). Its driverless pilot just began his month in the London boroughs of Lambeth, Westminster, Kensington, and Chelsea. If the British Waymos are anything like their [Yankee]() [equivalents](), London's in for a wild ride. **More on Waymo:** [*It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines*]() ## Author At Futurism, I focus on the intersection of technology and power — examining the economics, history, and politics behind today’s dystopian headlines. As a writer, I’m interested in topics ranging from AI’s impact on labor to startups nobody asked for. My prior work includes bylines in Jacobin, Verso, and Blue Labyrinths. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Forbes, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, Time, The Nation, Mother Jones, The Verge, and Wired. I grew up in Michigan, attending Central Michigan University as well as Ball State University, where I earned a master of music. I now live in Brooklyn with my girlfriend and our cat Ziti. On weekends, you can find me hunched over a cold pint arguing geopolitics with the other transplants. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()