Well it was bound to happen sooner or later. After 160,000 miles, Google's test-bed Toyota Prius crashed near Google HQ in Mountain View. Witnesses to the accident reported that the crash caused a five-car pile-up.
Google has been testing out the cars in California and Nevada and this was the first time one has had an accident. The bizarre accident occurred when Google’s car rear-ended another Prius that hit a Honda Accord, which struck another Accord that hit another Prius. The truly bizarre part of the accident witnesses are claiming the crash was the fault of a human at the car’s controls!
From the article:
Ironically here is Sebastian Thrun expounding on the future of robotic cars
Read complete story from the DailyMail online here
Google has been testing out the cars in California and Nevada and this was the first time one has had an accident. The bizarre accident occurred when Google’s car rear-ended another Prius that hit a Honda Accord, which struck another Accord that hit another Prius. The truly bizarre part of the accident witnesses are claiming the crash was the fault of a human at the car’s controls!
From the article:
- It’s not yet proven that a human was driving but experts say the car’s sensors, cameras and lasers would have avoided a collision.
Ironically here is Sebastian Thrun expounding on the future of robotic cars
Read complete story from the DailyMail online here
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