I’m no Luddite, but I have serious reservations about self-driving automobile technology. This recent news story seems to prove me right. Last week, Mike Johns was on his way to the Phoenix, Arizona airport in a Waymo autonomous taxi to catch a flight back to Los Angeles. However, the self-driving taxi had other, very autonomous plans and, after Johns had fastened his seatbelt in the back seat, began driving in circles in a parking lot . As a passenger, there is apparently nothing more you can do than call Waymo support, who also seemed rather helpless at first. But somehow things went forward and Mike got his flight after all.