Government sources of information

There are several very useful sources of information on robotaxis from government agencies:

San Francisco City

August 7th, 2023 – SF Fire Department presentation to CPUC on Safety Issues Regarding Driverless AV Interactions with First Responders
August 22nd, 2023 – SF Fire Department list of 55 incidents where had problems with robotaxis.
SF Police Department Incident Report Request . Note: police will only provide incidence reports for injury cases to the involved parties. And they will only provide reports for cases that have “closed”.
Request public record of 911 call. Note: will only provide info for “closed” incidents.
Non-police (I.e. Fire Department) Public Records Request

California DMV lookup of Autonomous Vehicle Collision Reports that were actually reported to DMV.
Search CPUC documents. In particular for Cruise you can search rulings for “R1212011”.
December 1st, 2023 – Judge’s ruling that Cruise had mislead CPUC. Contains specific information on how Cruise was misleading.
October 24th, 2023 – DMV suspension of Cruise service because Cruise did not provide full information on October 2nd incident.

NHTSA page for searching for safety recalls or investigations by date. For example, if one searches around October 16, 2023 one will find NHTSA Action Number: PE23018 on Cruise’s potential danger to pedestrians, with associated documents.
November 27th 2023 – Letter from NHTSA to Cruise demanding more information from Cruise by January 8th 2024. A separate memo from December 13th extended deadline to February 24th 2024. Note: as of Jan 4th Cruise has not replied.
October 27th 2023 – Cruise letter to NHTSA stating that its replies to NHTSA are confidential and not subject to FOIA.
October 2nd 2023 – NHTSA Incident Report for when pedestrian was dragged by Cruise vehicle.