An accident report filed with California’s Department of Motor Vehicles says a self-driving car being tested by Google collided with a public bus on Valentine’s Day.
The report was written by Google, which has been testing two dozen Lexus SUVs outfitted with sensors and cameras near the tech firm’s Silicon Valley headquarters. It was posted Monday on the DMV website.
Google wrote that its car was trying to get around some sandbags on a city street when its left front struck the right side of the bus. The car was rolling at 2 mph, the bus at 15 mph.
No one was injured.
Google said its car’s safety driver thought the bus would yield.
The report does not address fault. A DMV spokeswoman said the agency hoped to speak with Google Monday about what went wrong.
A Google spokesman did not have immediate comment.
(AP)
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Mr or Mrs Google thats backwards if the bus was traveling at 15mph the other car at 2mph
Cars without drivers should not be allowed. There is a reason why humans drive cars and take the responsibility. Machine-controlled cars cannot be put on the streets. It’s kind of ridiculous.
You need humans so they could blame the other side. That’s why you have Google “Google said its car’s safety driver thought the bus would yield”.