On Sunday, around 8 p.m., a Waymo driverless taxi hit a small dog in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco. This follows after an incident in late October, when Waymo hit and killed a tabby cat named Kit Kat on 16th Street.
Owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, Waymo has now hit two animals within the span of a month, sparking a nationwide controversy about autonomous vehicles. The health status of the dog hit on Sunday is currently unknown.
“Unfortunately, a Waymo vehicle made contact with a small, unleashed dog in the roadway. We are dedicated to learning from this situation and how we show up for our community as we continue improving road safety in the cities we serve,” a Waymo spokesperson wrote in a statement.
Jordan Manzo, a San Francisco State University business marketing student, deleted his Waymo app after hearing about Kit Kat and did not like Waymo’s response to the incident.
“What Waymo had to say about it is kind of insensitive because they’re li...
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