A 14-year-old is charged in fire that destroyed a driverless Waymo vehicle

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https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24134801/waymo-fire-arson-san-francisco-teen-police

A minor was charged by the DA in driverless Waymo fire.

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huginn@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

The February 10th fire was reportedly caused by lit fireworks

That doesn’t sound that malicious tbh.

that were tossed inside the vehicle as it was surrounded by a crowd in Chinatown. Involved suspects were seen smashing windows and other parts with skateboards before leaving a fiery carcass for firefighters to put out.

Ah a bit more vandalism than just a stray firework. Sounds like he had an ideological issue with driverless cars.

Totally get it - we don’t need them. I hope he doesn’t get his life ruined by our absurd penal system.

Arson is always a dangerous form of vandalism but nobody got hurt.

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