Post: Beloved SF cat’s death fuels Waymo criticism

Beloved SF cat’s death fuels Waymo criticism

The death of a neighborhood bodega cat named Kit Kat has rocked San Francisco’s Mission District. According to the New York Times.

On the evening of October 27, after KitKat was run over by a Vimo Robotaxis, locals built a shrine to commemorate him. The area is also decorated with competing symbols, some criticizing Vemo, others noting the many deaths caused by human drivers.

Jackie Fielder, who represents the Mission District on the SF Board of Supervisors, Kit Kit brought Making the case for a proposed city resolution that calls on the state to allow local voters to decide whether driverless cars can operate in their neighborhoods.

“A human driver can be held accountable, they say, sorry, it can be tracked down by the police if it’s a hit-and-run,” Felder told the Times. “Here, there is no one to be held accountable.”

Waymo, whose co-CEO recently spoke about the importance of safety at Disruption, recounted an incident where a cat “got under our car as it was towing.” The company said it “sends our deepest sympathies to the cat’s owner and the community that knew and loved him.”