Police: Burglar uses Waymo self-driving car as getaway vehicle in San Francisco yoga studio robbery
A burglar robbed a yoga studio in San Francisco's Marina district and used a Waymo self-driving vehicle as a getaway car, marking what police believe is the first known instance of a self-driving car being used in a crime in the city. The thief stole activewear from Hot 8 Yoga, loaded it into the idling autonomous vehicle, and escaped within minutes.
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Police say the robbery of a yoga studio in the Marina district was probably the first instance in San Francisco of a criminal using a self-driving vehicle as a getaway car.
In under three minutes, the burglar was in and out of Hot 8 Yoga with an armload of activewear.
He stuffed the loot in the car's trunk, hopped inside and disappeared down the street, comfortably carried away by an autonomous vehicle.
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