AI Incident Database: Two Waymo Robotaxis Allegedly Contributed to Bike-Lane Collision That Injured San Francisco Cyclist
San Francisco cyclist Jenifer Hanki alleged that on February 16, 2025, one driverless Waymo stopped beside a marked bike lane at a no-stopping curb without warning a passenger who opened a rear door into her path, while a second Waymo crossed into the lane and restricted her escape. Hanki said she suffered brain, spinal, and soft-tissue injuries after striking the door and second vehicle. Her lawsuit alleged failures in Waymo's Safe Exit system and passenger drop-off control…
AI Incident Database · Incident 1537Operator lens (high): inspect D4 (observability), D5 (model change gate).
Event summary
San Francisco cyclist Jenifer Hanki alleged that on February 16, 2025, one driverless Waymo stopped beside a marked bike lane at a no-stopping curb without warning a passenger who opened a rear door into her path, while a second Waymo crossed into the lane and restricted her escape. Hanki said she suffered brain, spinal, and soft-tissue injuries after striking the door and second vehicle. Her lawsuit alleged failures in Waymo's Safe Exit system and passenger drop-off control…
Linked entities
- waymo
organisation | 70%
- automated-driving-system-developers
organisation | 70%
- robotaxi-operators
organisation | 70%
- automated-driving-system-deployers
organisation | 70%
- road-users
organisation | 70%
- jenifer-hanki
organisation | 70%
- bicyclists
organisation | 70%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d4 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d5 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |
| ent-aiid-waymo to ent-psf-d1 | maps to | 60% |