It’s the second incident in two weeks where misbehaving pedestrians effectively held someone hostage in an SF Waymo, as two bros stood in front of the self-driving car and persistently demanded the phone number of the woman riding it.

It’s not as bad a getting trapped under a self-driving car and being dragged 20 feet underneath, but a new robotaxi risk has come to light these last two weeks. Last week we saw a man trapped in a Waymo while taggers vandalized the vehicle for several minutes, and the car did what these cars often do, which is freeze up and stand still. Then this past Saturday, one woman posted to Twitter that “my W*ymo was held hostage in the tenderloin by men who told me they wouldnt let me leave until i gave them my number.”

Prompted in the replies, that woman then posted the video of the incident on Monday, which is seen below.

The incident apparently occurred at Mission and Ninth streets. “2 men stopped in front of my car and demanded that I give my number,” she says, along with video that shows her repeatedly shouting at them “Get out of the way!” and “I have to go!”

The woman, identified only as Amina, adds in a follow-up post that “The first guy stood in front of the car about a minute before I started filming. Then he came around again and the second guy came with him. There was a random guy walking with a blow torch. I was afraid more men would crowd around which thankfully didn't happen.”

The Chronicle spoke to Amina, who declined to give her last name. She said there was some sort of customer support message on the dashboard screen saying, “We will help you shortly.” She says she clicked on an “in car support” button, which offered a prompt to contact police, which she declined to do. The Chronicle adds Amina “contacted by Waymo hours after the incident."

Waymo spokesperson Julia Ilina told the Chronicle, “In an instance like this, our riders have 24/7 access to Rider Support agents who will help them navigate the situation in real time and coordinate closely with law enforcement officers to provide further assistance as needed.”

And the rider Amina seemed satisfied with how this was handled. She added in another follow-up post that “the Waymo team was great and called me with the in car support. They also called me to follow up and all around good at solving this problem.”

And as for the aggressive lothario dude bros, well, we imagine  the internet will “do its thing,” and they may not have heard the end of this yet.

Related: Waymo Gets Tagged With Rider (and Little Dog) Still Inside in Mission District [SFist]

Image: @Amina_io via Twitter