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Confused driverless taxis take over streets in American suburb

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It looks like a scene from a dystopian movie.

Dozens of unmanned Waymo vehicles have been spotted circling an Atlanta neighborhood without riders.

Neighbors say they even tried to put out cones to prevent the electric Jaguar I-PACE SUVs from entering, but that caused even more chaos.

Dozens of unmanned Waymo vehicles have been spotted circling an Atlanta neighborhood without riders. (included)

One video shows several cars driving around and around a roundabout.

Another video taken by a local resident showed 13 Waymos passing within 10 minutes, CNN reported.

Andy Brown Milheizer, who lives in the area, said there was a “constant flow.”

“One of them almost ran over our dead cat, Buddy, and that was the last straw,” she said NBC News.

They say the problem has gotten worse, with the cars driving in circles and appearing to wait for someone to order one.

“Our biggest concern is just the excessive traffic on the streets. We have more families, we have small children, we have animals and pets. We have children getting on the bus in the morning, and it just doesn’t feel safe to have that traffic,” said one local resident.

Another video taken by a local resident showed 13 Waymos passing within 10 minutes, CNN reported. (included)

Residents’ attempts to block the cars, which are now offered in several US cities and summoned in a similar way to Ubers, have failed.

Deborah Childers said it’s “a nuisance.”

“It’s not one, but three or maybe four, you know, they’re just doing the same loop. They’re practicing their brakes and their signals.”

They said Waymo has not responded to their pleas for help.

Waymo told Fox5 Atlanta that it has “already been working with our fleet partner to address this routing behavior.”

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