Robomobili Google twice involved in an accident in June (human-caused) Bashny.Net

Since its launch in 2009, Google autonomous vehicles passed one million, seven hundred thousand kilometers. In manual operation, they overcame one million three hundred thousand kilometers. In traffic accidents unmanned vehicles were fourteen times, twice - in June 2015.





Fourteenth case of an accident involving an autonomous vehicle Lexus «Google AV» occurred in the Mount View June 18. UAV stopped at a red light and was preparing to turn left. When the green light drone crashed car last in the rear bumper. When the accident people do not get injured, but escaped with scratches automobiles.

June 4, 2015 another Lexus AV stopped at a red light, preparing to turn right. Robomobil drove forward in search of a red better view intersection and stopped, letting the next car. At this time, other road users, speeding up to eight kilometers per hour, did not have time to slow down and drove into Google AV.

Now Google uses a twenty-three car Lexus, who drive on public roads, mainly in Mountain View, California, and twenty-five prototypes robomobiley a >, two of which participate in normal traffic.

On page , dedicated to the project of unmanned vehicles, Google May puts reports on the work.


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Source: geektimes.ru/post/253092/