Beijing time on March 1, the morning news, owned by Alphabet Google said on Monday, in mid-February, in the company's unmanned vehicle and a bus accident minor scratches, driverless cars should "bear some of the responsibility."
This may be Google's driverless car for the first time need to take responsibility in the accident. Google said that after the accident, had to adjust the software and avoid the occurrence of similar accidents in the future.
On February 23 in the documents submitted to the California regulators, Google said that the accident occurred on February 14 in mountain view, California. At that time, the driverless car Lexus RX450h tries to a wider driveway around a pile of sandbags. Vehicle speed less than 4 kilometers per hour, while the bus speed is about 25 kilometers per hour.
Google says driverless cars and bus drivers that "bus will slow down, driverless cars pass." However, after 3 seconds, when Google driverless cars and when rubbed with the bus side, leading to the left front fender, front wheel, and driver-side sensor damaged. No passengers in the vehicle were injured on both sides. Incipio iPhone 6+ case
Google said in a statement Monday, "it is clear we need to take some responsibility, because if the vehicle is not moving, the collision would not have happened. In other words, our test drivers think that will slow down or stop the bus and let and lines, Lane has enough space. "
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority spokesman said on Monday to investigate the accident. She said Google driverless cars led to the bus was slightly damaged, collision parts are the active portion of the middle of the articulated bus. After the accident, 15 passengers of the bus were bogey to another car. She also said that investigation is still underway on the responsibility.
Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project Director John Simpson (John Simpson) said the incident "proves once again that robots prepare automotive technology, there is no automatic transmission."
California motor vehicles spokesman said contacts with Google to gather more information. But he also said that the Department is not responsible for the account.
Google said were already assessed in the emulator on this incident and the thousands of similar cases, and optimized the software. Future Google driverless cars will know better, relative to other vehicles, buses and other large vehicles are unlikely to take the initiative. Google driverless cars of the future will be in a better way to handle this situation.
This accident has not yet been identified. Google has previously said, in all the accidents that occurred in the driverless car is never a responsible party.
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