A girls trip to San Francisco took a sinister turn when a group of men attacked the driverless car they were in.
The wayward group jumped on the hood of the car, spray painted the outside of the car and threw things at the car window.
The women captured the attack on video and posted it to TikTok on Monday.
They were in a panic as a mob encircled the Waymo driverless car they were riding in and tagged the outside of the vehicle.
Smiles were plastered on the faces of their assailants and it appears the group took photos of their vandalism with their phones.
A girls trip to San Francisco took a sinister turn when a group of men attacked the driverless car they were in
The wayward group jumped on the hood of the car, spray painted the outside of the car and threw things at the car window
The women captured the attack on video and posted it to TikTok on Monday. They were in a panic as a crowd encircled the Waymo driverless car they were in and tagged the outside of the vehicle
The women burst into screams when an unknown object was thrown at the car.
They were able to get Waymo customer service on the phone and told the operator no were not okay.
For an agonizing few minutes the car sat there as the group vandalized the car. Meanwhile, the operator informed the group they were contacting the San Francisco Police Department.
The SFPD didnt immediately respond to DailyMail.com.
Once the car finally pulled away, the women expressed they were physically fine but emotionally shaken up.
A Waymo spokesperson told DailyMail.com that after their vehicle was blocked by a group of pedestrians and tagged, they promptly alerted authorities who are investigating this incident.
They also said these types of events are rare compared to the hundreds of thousands of trips they provide each month.
The trust and safety of the community is our top priority, both for people who choose to ride with us and with whom we share the streets.
The comments under the TikTok video expressed concern for them and some even speculated who could be behind this attack.
One user said: Honestly this happens with waymo way more than you think. Your luckily they didn’t set it on fire while you were in it. It’s a group against self driving cars. Safe Street Rebel is their name.
For an agonizing few minutes the car sat there as the group vandalized the car. Meanwhile the operator informed the group they were contacting the San Francisco Police Department
Once the car finally pulled away, the women expressed they were physically fine but emotionally shaken up
Another user said: I use Waymo since they started in San Francisco and I feel very safe while riding, but concerned about people outside. It is so sad that people do things like that.
Waymo is an autonomous ride-hailing service whose parent company is Google. The driverless cars operate in Phoenix and San Francisco with plans to expand to Los Angeles and Austin.
This incident isnt the first run in Waymo has had with vandalizing pedestrians in San Francisco. A Waymo Jaguar taxi was torched with fireworks by a mob of Chinese New Year revelers in San Francisco on February 10.
The car became confused as the fireworks stopped it dead in the road while the group of celebrators rallied around and destroyed the vehicle around 9pm.
Police said the car was set ablaze by a mob and nobody was inside the vehicle at the time of the incident on Jackson Street in Chinatown.