Google will release a monthly report on self driving car including accident records

The automatic driving car that Google has been developingStarting test runs on public roads in private vehicles in the summer of 2015It is supposed to be, but on the other handI had encountered 11 accidents in 6 yearsIt is also known. Google has announced that it will be published on the Internet about the monthly report (monthly report) related to the development of self-driving cars including such information.

Monthly reports - Google Self-Driving Car Project
http://www.google.com/selfdrivingcar/reports/

Google to report driverless car accidents going forward
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/06/05/google-to-report-driverless-car-accidents-going-forward/28538915/

Publication of reportsOn official websiteIt is supposed to be done at the time of article creation, May 2015 is announced.

(PDF file)Report-0515.pdf


According to the report, as of May 20, Google has a total of 32 self-driving cars, of which 23 are dedicatedly modified so that the Lexus SUV · RX 450 h used for running experiments on public roads Thing. And the remaining nine cars were dedicated for "demonstration experiment" created for demonstration experiments, so far, the running test in the test course has been continued, but from the summer of 2015 this is also a driving experiment on public roads It is supposed to start.


It's Google's self-driving car that began development in 2009, but the distance traveled in the automatic driving mode so far is about 1 million miles (about 1.6 million km), which is actually equivalent to 40 laps of the earth . Furthermore, it has been revealed that the mileage is growing by an average of 10,000 miles (about 16,000 km) on average every week.

◆ Actual recorded driving situation
In the report, case examples where vehicles correspond to various events on the actual road are introduced.

In the figure below, it shows the situation when it corresponds to emergency vehicles. In the center of the figure, Google's vehicle which was stopped at the intersection is displayed, and at this time, I catch the moment when the signal in front of my car turns to blue. The state was ready to start but the computer sensed that an ambulance ran from the intersecting lane. In the figure, an ambulance is reproduced with a red lamp on top of a purple box. In response to this situation, the computer stayed on the spot without starting the vehicle as it was, after running over the ambulance, the computer started running.


Another diagram shows the relationship with the bicycle that was dangerously running on the roadway. Two bicycles, shown in red boxes, are traveling on the hula and the roadway, showing one sign that one of them is coming towards the vehicle. Although the self-driving car at this time was running, it seems that the computer which predicted the movement of the bicycle like a light blue line was judged as a dangerous condition, stopped the vehicle and avoided danger.


◆ Disclosure accident record
Although it is a self-driving car that seems to have such high safety, sometimes I encountered an accident. In the report, 13 accidents have been reported, of which seven are recorded as so-called "Okama accident" receiving rear-end collision. Also regarding other accidents, the cause is due to carelessness of other drivers, claiming that there was nothing caused by self driving car.

According to Mr. Chris Armson of development led by Google, the accident "The rear-end collision accident is the most common cause of accidents in North America, and in such a situation, most of the avoidance measures that can get the previous vehicle There is nothing, "he says that the accident was unavoidable. Also, regarding the situation other than the rear-end accident, Mr. Armson said, "According to the test supervisor standing in the vehicle, the accident partner's car runs with a lane and the driver driving is reading a book There were drivers who were practicing trumpets, "he said.

In this way, Google suggests that the cause of the accident was the other "human driver" to the last, indicating that computer vehicles are equipped with high safety. Especially, attempted accident attempted with the above-mentioned bicycle occurred at night, and even in situations where it is difficult for human eyes to discover it, the computer's "eyes" said that the situation of the surroundings was surely captured.

You can see how Google's self-driving car runs in the following movies.

Ready for the Road - YouTube