The future of the self-propelled vehicle is not without a struggle. The robot cars Google are the last six years been eleven times involved in an accident, the tech company admits.
Google Director Chris Urmson, responsible for the project of self-propelled vehicles, is quick to minimize the facts. “The computer was never at the base of the accidents and repeatedly managed to avoid accidents,” he asserts.
The balance after millions of test kilometers: eleven other drivers collided against a Google car. The accident resulted in his own words again in slight damage to the vehicle and no injuries.
“If you spend enough time on the road, accidents will happen to happen, whether you’re in a self-propelled vehicle or not “, qualifies Urmson. Meanwhile, Google’s fleet of more than 20 robot vehicles has traveled over 2.7 million kilometers, of which 1.6 million in self-propelled mode.
Share “If you spend enough time on the road, accidents will happen to happen. Self-propelled vehicle or not
” We have been hit seven times behind, especially in traffic, but also on the highway, “veruidelijkte Urmson. “We were also hit a few times along the side, and also by someone who ignored a stop sign. As you might expect, we also had more accidents in the city than on the highway.”
Google learns to own still say a lot about how (bad) people sometimes drive. This is crucial since the self-propelled counterparts for a long time with human drivers will have to ride together. “We see people the way pay and driving on the wrong side of the road, especially at night. Sometimes other drivers will behave just as if we are not there.”
“We continue to drive thousands of kilometers so that we too frequent accidents can occur, “the Google Bons promises.
Do not mistake
AP news agency reported earlier on self-propelled vehicles that had become involved in accidents. Of the 48 self-propelled cars that drive around on trial in the US state of California, there are four become involved in accidents. The pilot project is only since September. In two of the four cases, a driver control of the vehicle at the time of the incident.
Three cars of the Lexus brand, model SUV, Google equipped with sensors and equipment to them self-propelled make. The Internet giant hopes the first to commercialize the self-propelled vehicle. The fourth carriage is from Delphi Automotive, a manufacturer that has two test vehicles.
Both companies confirmed the incident but said their cars were not at fault and that they were minor accidents. The relevant cars were at the time of the accident no faster than 20 kilometers an hour.
The five other companies that have a license in his pocket to test self-propelled vehicles, reported to AP that they have recorded no incidents .
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