Dear Reader:
This is how we work.
On Monday, our reporter Yujie was at the California Public Utilities Commission meeting where firefighters and police officers said they would rather not babysit driverless cars stuck in emergency scenes. They mentioned 55 such incidents that had occurred across San Francisco in just the last few months.
So on Tuesday, we asked for the list of those incidents. We got it at 7:44 p.m., and our data reporter Will and managing editor Joe Eskenazi worked to get it up as soon as possible, posting at 1:37 a.m.
We made a fully interactive map, we linked to every incident report, described each one, and pulled out some highlights—including a time when a firefighter put a cone on top of the self-driving car’s hood to stop it from coming nearer their engine. NPR, The Atlantic and others noted it.
That work took time – after-hours – and we want to keep doing it—but we need your support. Oh, and good news today. Mission Local is a finalist for Outstanding Coverage from Lion Publishers.
If you give already, consider bumping up your amount. If you don’t, $5 a month or $60 a year, makes a big difference.
Best, Joe
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