SAN ANTONIO – They naturally capture attention as they cruise along San Antonio streets, cars with no one behind the wheel. Several Waymo fully autonomous vehicles, lately, however, have been the focus of videos posted online for losing their way. In one instance in March, a parent captured images of one of the vehicles heading the wrong way in an Alamo Heights school zone. In another case, a stalled Waymo vehicle had been heading in the wrong direction at a fast-food restaurant’s drive-through just north of downtown. The autonomous cars’ parent company emailed KSAT 12 News following those incidents, saying its vehicles were essentially safer than human drivers. The statement said Waymo cars travel more than four million miles each week and have “13 times fewer serious injury crashes, six times fewer crashes with airbag deployment, and 13 times fewer crashes with injuries to pedestrians.” In an effort to put the theory to the test, KSAT 12 News took a ride to and from San Antonio International Airport with a local driving expert to grade the driverless cars’ driving skills. “As the car is moving, what I want to see is how it’s changing lanes and if it’s doing the proper signaling,” said Marc Alonso, owner of Ayala & Associates Driving School and a certified administrator of state driving tests. After entering the car, Alonso was immediately impressed by the technology, including screens that show the car’s movement and the traffic around it in real time. He also pointed out safety features, such as a voice reminding passengers to buckle up. Once the car hit the road, his reaction became more mixed. Alonso noticed that the vehicle took a lengthy route to the airport from downtown that seemed to intentionally avoid highways and railroad tracks. “It’s moving into a turning