Google self-driving car involved in its first 'accident' with injuries

http://news.yahoo.com/google-self-driving-car-involved-first-injury...

In a blog posted Thursday, the head of Google's self-driving car program, Chris Urmson, wrote that his SUVs "are being hit surprisingly often" by distracted drivers, perhaps people looking at their phones.

"The clear theme is human error and inattention," Urmson wrote. "We'll take all this as a signal that we're starting to compare favorably with human drivers.">>

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on July 17, 2015 at 10:34am

Distracted drivers need a Google vehicle!

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on July 19, 2015 at 3:17pm

The vehicle was pulled over by an officer of the LAPD after the officer noticed the vehicle driving erratically.

The vehicle failed a breathalyzer test, was driving on an expired license, didn't have evidence of liability insurance, was observed to be changing lanes in a careless manner without using turn signals and wasn't wearing a set belt.

The officer making the stop observed incoherent and disjointed images on the vehicle's display console and noted a trace odor of cannabis in his report. A court date is schedule for August 21.

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Permalink Reply by Not too hip on July 19, 2015 at 5:05pm

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on July 22, 2015 at 1:39pm

The fact that the crashes, thus far, have all been caused by humans running their cars into the automated Google cars, rather than computer-driven vehicles running amok, starts to make the robots seem like better drivers than us. The flip side is the latest news that some Chrysler cars, like Jeeps, can be remotely hacked via the 'net and lose all manual control from inside the car.