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Message: [QUOTE="Kirsten Korosec, post: 4608"] A Waymo self-driving Jaguar I-Pace that struck a pedestrian in San Francisco on Wednesday evening was in manual mode, the company told TechCrunch in response to an initial report posted on Reddit. Waymo says the vehicle was in manual mode at the time, meaning the human safety driver who was behind wheel was actually driving. The [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/rhlcg8/our_neighbor_was_hit_by_a_selfdriving_car/']Reddit post from KWillets[/URL] that described the event included a photo that showed a Waymo test vehicle parked in the Lower Haight neighborhood in San Francisco. A fire truck and several first responders are also shown at the scene. The post from KWillets, who describes witnessing the aftermath of the crash, reads: The incident was then picked up on Twitter, where it received more attention. In one exchange with [URL='https://twitter.com/kathbarna/status/1471449449146822657']well-known Tesla fan Omar Qazi[/URL], who tweets under WholeMars Catalog, a Twitter spokesperson responded and said the vehicle was in manual mode. TechCrunch reached out to Waymo, which also provided this statement: Yesterday evening [12/15], one of our vehicles was involved in a manual collision in San Francisco on Haight St. midblock between Webster and Buchanan.The vehicle was being driven in manual mode when it made contact with a pedestrian in the road. The pedestrian was treated for injuries at the scene and was transported to the hospital in an ambulance. The trust and safety of the communities in which we drive are paramount to us, and we will continue investigating this incident in partnership with local authorities. Waymo has been testing its autonomous vehicles in California for years, particularly in and around Mountain View and San Francisco. Waymo has been ramping up its testing activity in San Francisco, which has brought more attention to autonomous vehicles in general, and more specifically to the company. For example, Waymo found itself on the local news after a steady stream of the company’s self-driving cars kept going down the same dead end street, forcing them to make u-turns. While Waymo doesn’t provide exact numbers on its autonomous vehicle fleet size, the company told TechCrunch it has “hundreds of vehicles in San Francisco. Its activity in San Francisco has increased in 2021, particularly since August when the company launched its [URL='https://blog.waymo.com/2021/08/welcoming-our-first-riders-in-san.html']Trusted Tester program[/URL], which opened up its research program beyond employees and to some members of the public. Under the program, San Franciscans are able to hail an autonomous ride in one of Waymo’s all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles. A safety driver is still behind the wheel. [/QUOTE]

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