Frightening video shows driverless Waymo SUV swerving across Arizona road after getting stuck behind truck carrying chopped-down trees

Scary footage has emerged showing a Waymo self-driving vehicle swerving across a road in Arizona. 

The video, which has now gone viral, was shared last Monday showing the driverless SUV all over the road in Phoenix. 

Chris Simons captured the video and shared it to his Instagram account, saying the vehicle had been following a landscaping truck that had a tree in its cab. 

Simons said in his post that he would have 'freaked out' had he been inside the car, which is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet. 

The video shows the Jaguar I-PACE crossing an intersection before it crosses into the cycle lane on the road. 

The video, which has now gone viral, was shared last Monday showing the driverless car all over the road in Phoenix

Simons then speeds the video up to show the vehicle continuing to crisscross across the road as it brakes intermittently. 

As the video ends, he pulls alongside the vehicle to show that nobody is behind the wheel. 

He added: 'I caught a Waymo struggling to stay in its lane. Swerving all over the road and heading to the curb several times.

'It was following a landscape truck with a tree in the back, not sure if that was the problem but still, I would have freaked out if I was in it.' 

Since Simons shared the video, social media users have both poked fun at the video and raised safety concerns.

One person posted: 'Thank God there were no bikers in their lane.'

Another commented: 'They need to get these self driving cars off the streets forever.'

While another joked: 'It swerved Waymo than it needed to.'

The video shows the Jaguar I-PACE crossing an intersection before it crosses into the cycle lane on the road

A Waymo autonomous vehicle traveling down Oak Street in San Francisco, on November 17, 2023

A Waymo autonomous vehicle on Steiner Street in San Francisco, on November 17, 2023

AZFamily reported last week that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into nearly two dozen crashes and violations involving the cars.

Records reviewed by the outlet shows that there were 22 incidents in the state of Arizona alone that are currently being investigated. Two resulted in injuries.

Waymo uses light detection to create a 3D picture of its surroundings, a 360-degree camera, a radar, and an onboard computer to detect objects from hundreds of meters away and navigate through city streets.

In February of this year, the company issued a software recall after two of its vehicles collided with a tow truck in December. 

The incident happened in Phoenix, Arizona, when a Waymo vehicle misjudged the location of a pickup truck, causing a collision. 

The truck continued driving and was then hit a few minutes later by a separate Waymo car. 

The company announced the recall calling the incident a 'rare event' and said it had started rolling out a software update to its entire fleet.  

DailyMail.com has approached Waymo for comment.