Opinion: San Francisco transit agency sees more concerning incidents with driverless cars

Worrisome incidents involving driverless cars in San Francisco are on the rise and are averaging about 90 reports a month, the head of San Francisco’s Municipal Transit Authority told MarketWatch in a recent interview. The SFMTA said it does not endorse any actions that may increase the number of disabled vehicles on San Francisco streets. Tumlin also said that the data-gathering of driverless cars is incomplete, including when the cars cause major traffic problems but do not actually crash. It is a rare instance when many San Francisco agencies can actually agree, and driverless cars have lead to a united front among officials in public transit, the fire department, the police department and the city’s Board of Supervisors. The Aug. 10 meeting represents a chance for regulators to actually to slow down driverless cars, and demand better data reporting requirements, before it’s too late.