Google self-driving car accidents were not the cars' fault
Silly humans, so accident prone.
To comply with a California law requiring companies to disclose the number of accidents its autonomous聽聽are involved in, Google released the shunt stats for its self-driving test fleet, and the results are impressive. And by impressive, we mean perfect. Because while there were 11 instances where the cars wound up in collisions, as聽The Car Connection听谤别辫辞谤迟别诲,听.
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Most of the accidents鈥攕even, to be exact鈥攊nvolved the cars being rear ended, and at least one was the result of another聽聽running a red light. The other incidents, meanwhile, were with a human driver in control of the vehicle. Given the fact that Google's program has covered approximately a million miles since it began in 2009, the numbers are more than encouraging.
Of course, even with that stellar track record, it will be quite some time before buyers will be able to hop into their聽, push a button, and be chauffeured home by their vehicles. Because while the Golden State鈥攁long with several others鈥攄oes have laws which govern the operation of 聽autonomous cars, the laws, like the technology they're seeking to regulate, are still in a primordial stage. 聽 聽
Numerous hurdles鈥攏ot the least of which being the placement of blame when the eventual accident occurs鈥攔emain in the path toward聽, but revelations like this make it clear that the technology isn't an "if" but a "when." For more on Google's autonomous聽听诲别惫别濒辞辫尘别苍迟蝉,听. 聽
