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SFFD: Chinatown Waymo incident prompts 92 AV reports and push for state‑level rules
Summary
After an autonomous vehicle was set on fire in Chinatown, San Francisco fire officials described 92 AV incident reports to date, an AV‑specific reporting form, and coordination with state regulators and other cities to seek standard oversight and response protocols.
San Francisco Fire Department leaders used their Feb. 14 commission meeting to flag increasing incidents involving autonomous vehicles and to urge statewide standards for handling them.
Chief of Department Janine Nicholson and operations leaders recounted the recent Waymo incident in Chinatown and described how the department has begun treating autonomous‑vehicle (AV) encounters as a distinct reporting category. "We took it out of the regular unusual occurrence form and made it a…
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