Image Credit: ABC 7.Los Angeles is hosting the FIFA World Cup this summer, which means the streets around SoFi Stadium in Inglewood are packed with fans from every corner of the planet. Traffic near Century and Crenshaw boulevards has been a mess on match days, and local drivers are already dealing with more chaos than usual. That's a tough environment for anyone behind the wheel. It turns out it's also a tough environment for a computer.A Waymo self-driving vehicle was caught on video crossing over the double yellow line near the Century and Crenshaw intersection, putting itself squarely in the path of oncoming traffic. The footage was recorded by a driver named Kimoon Kim, who happened to be right there when it happened. He said he was genuinely worried a serious collision was about to occur.The robotaxi didn't stay put. After sitting on the wrong side of the road for a stretch, the vehicle abruptly cut back across and merged into the correct lane — right in front of Kim's car. So it resolved the situation, more or less, though not in the smoothest way imaginable.AdvertisementAdvertisementWaymo has been expanding its driverless ride service across Los Angeles and has generally pointed to its safety data as evidence the technology is ready for real-world streets. A World Cup crowd in Inglewood is about as real-world as it gets.Wrong Lane, Wrong TimeThe incident happened during a particularly congested period tied to World Cup match days at SoFi Stadium. Century Boulevard is one of the main east-west approaches into Hollywood Park, and traffic control enforcement is in effect for non-permitted vehicles on match days.Crenshaw runs through the heart of the stadium corridor and feeds into transit connections used by tens of thousands of fans. In short, this is not a quiet back road. The Car Sorted Itself Out — EventuallyThe Waymo was observed stopped to the left of the double yellow line before it merged back into the correct lane, cutting off the driver filming the incident in the process. No collision occurred. Whether the vehicle got confused by lane markings, detour signage, or the sheer density of World Cup traffic activity is not known.AdvertisementAdvertisementWaymo had not issued a public statement as of this writing.A Stress Test Nobody ScheduledWaymo vehicles operate across Los Angeles under permits from the California Public Utilities Commission. The company has faced scrutiny before for unexpected stops and unusual behavior in complex traffic situations. Dropping a fleet of autonomous vehicles into one of the most heavily disrupted traffic corridors in the city, during a global sporting event, is a reasonable stress test — even if no one planned it that way.Kim's video is circulating online, and predictably, it's not doing the technology many favors in the court of public opinion.If you want more stories like this, follow Guessing Headlights on Yahoo so you don't miss what's coming next.