The introduction of Google's Waymo self-driving cars in Arizona have met strong local reaction: thrown rocks, slashed tires -- even being run off the road. Waymo, the self-driving car division that spun out from Google X, has been in Chandler since 2016, perfecting the autonomous vehicle's ability to use an array of cameras and computer programs to start, stop, accelerate, change lanes, turn, and more. During road tests, a person sits in the driver's seat for when safety calls for human intervention.
