A crowd set fire to a driverless taxi in San Francisco: driverless cars still scare many Californians
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In San Francisco, on February 10, a group of people set fire to a Waymo driverless car using fireworks in Chinatown, USAToday reports.
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Self-driving technology company Waymo said a crowd of about a dozen people surrounded one of its robotaxis on Feb. 10 around 9 p.m. Someone broke one of the windows and threw fireworks inside. As a result, the car caught fire.
Michael Vandy, a witness who posted a video of the incident, said people were celebrating Chinese New Year according to the lunar calendar. They set off fireworks. A man jumped on the hood of a Waymo car and broke the windshield.
Another person also jumped on the hood 30 seconds later as some in the crowd cheered.
The video shows the car engulfed in flames with a huge plume of black smoke, Reuters reports.
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“There were two groups of people. Those who encouraged it and others who were simply shocked and started filming. No one stood up to defend the car – I mean, there’s nothing you could have done to stand up to dozens of people,” he said.
Google’s Waymo Autonomous car set on fire in San Francisco. 🥺
1. Fireworks start at Grant Ave x Jackson Street (Chinatown) for Lunar New Year
2. Waymo car got stuck immediately in front
3. Car vandalized, windows broken, fireworks put inside the car and blown up. #sf pic.twitter.com/gWbiLkmadr— Anirudh Koul (@AnirudhKoul) February 11, 2024
Video from the scene, distributed by X, shows how an unknown person put fireworks into the car and it caught fire.
Waymo Vehicle surrounded and then graffiti’d, windows were broken, and firework lit on fire inside the vehicle which ultimately caught the entire vehicle on fire. #SFFD
Photos by Séraphine Hossenlopp pic.twitter.com/aOTqL3Rk8V— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 11, 2024
“They expressed rage for no reason. They just wanted to destroy something, and they did it,” said witness Edwin Karungei.
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“There were no passengers in the vehicle and no injuries were reported. We are working closely with local security agencies to respond to the situation,” officials said.
The San Francisco Police Department said it was investigating the cause of the fire but did not say whether any arrests had been made.
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