Waymo robotaxi goes up in flames in Chinatown after crowd attacks vehicle

The San Francisco Standard ^ | 11 Feb 2024 | George Kelly

[DUMBGRUNT]

A crowd in San Francisco's Chinatown surrounded a Waymo robotaxi on Saturday night, broke the windows and threw fireworks inside, setting the vehicle ablaze, the company said.

[KingofZion]

Because they are dangerous and unsafe. They have run over pedestrians, block fire trucks and traffic and a host of other sins. They are not ready for prime time but waymo greased the state regulators and the city cannot stop them even though police and fire dept both documented the safety issues. you don’t test your experiments in a dense urban city that already has a poor street grid.

I was delighted to see this car flambed and expect this is only the beginning.

[nickcarraway]

I went into SF twice last year and didn’t have a problem. Of course, I didn’t go to the really bad neighborhoods.