Jessica Mendoza

I'm Jessica Mendoza.

It's Monday, January 19th, MLK Day.

So to close out the holiday weekend, we're bringing you a fun mini-episode.

Coming up on the show, has Waymo gone from way slow to way go?

Waymos have their super fans.

Among them, Katie's seven-year-old nephew.

She recently took him for his first ever Waymo ride.

He now refuses to take any other kind of taxi in San Francisco.

But even Waymo fans would admit Waymos aren't exactly known for their speed.

Like, what would they do?

This is a common gripe against Waymo on social media.

This has been Waymo's reputation.

Passive, cautious, perhaps to a fault.

But after that moment at the four-way stop, Katie began asking around to see if other people were seeing Waymo's be bolder.

One person she talked to was Sophia Yen, a healthcare company founder in San Francisco.

Recently, Sophia told Katie she saw two Waymos doing something that caught her off guard.

Another person told Katie he'd noticed Waymos being more assertive with pedestrians, starting to drive before people had fully exited the crosswalk.

And then there's the matter of the so-called California stop.

And that's the kind of thing that would get you some demerits if you were taking a driving test, for sure.

Now, some people claim they've seen Waymos do it, too.