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Google to Publish Details of All its Self-Driving Accidents

posted by n1 on Monday June 08 2015, @05:03AM   
from the uninsured-self-drivers dept.

takyon writes:

In response to reports that their self-driving cars have not been totally free from accidents, Google has created a webpage where it will publish monthly reports detailing all of the accidents that its self-driving cars are involved in.

The first report [PDF] includes summaries of all accidents since the start of the Google X project in 2009:

The report for May showed Google cars had been involved in 12 accidents since it first began testing its self-driving cars in 2009, mostly involving rear-ending. Google said one of its vehicles was rear-ended at a stoplight in California on Thursday, bringing the total count to 13 accidents.

"That could mean that the vehicles tend to stop more quickly than human drivers expect," public interest group Consumer Watchdog said. The group called for more details on the accidents, including statements from witnesses and other drivers.

None of these accidents were caused by a fault with the car, Google said.

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• Re:There ought to be a Law! (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Monday June 08 2015, @09:16AM

  by c0lo (156) on Monday June 08 2015, @09:16AM (#193586) Journal

  [citation] [wikipedia.org].
  Pennsylvania version

  would require all motorists piloting their "horseless carriages", upon chance encounters with cattle or livestock to (1) immediately stop the vehicle, (2) "immediately and as rapidly as possible... disassemble the automobile," and (3) "conceal the various components out of sight, behind nearby bushes" until equestrian or livestock is sufficiently pacified.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford

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