San Francisco seeks tougher robotaxi rules after Waymo meltdown fed h…

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has called for tougher state-level autonomous vehicle regulations after Waymo fleet malfunctions caused severe gridlock during Fourth of July celebrations and a December power outage, with failures in manual safety overrides and inadequate emergency protocols exposed. If you're building autonomous vehicle software or safety systems, your systems now need to handle large-scale incidents and prove it to regulators before deployment. Waymo's failed overrides just became table stakes—and California's writing those stakes into law.