Collision accident of automatic driving car which Google admits negligence for the first time

Automatic driving car, which Google is developing,Full-fledged public road test from 2015It is expected that accidents caused by driver's negligence will be reduced by computer control. However, the automatic driving car under the public road trial caused a collision with the bus, and it became the first case for Google to admit negligence.

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The California State Transport Authority released the accident information on 29th February 2016 and it turned out that Google's automatic driving car was causing a collision accident with the municipal bus during the public road test conducted on 14th February 2016 did.

According to the accident data, the accident occurred by Google's automatic driving car that modified Toyota's Lexus into automatic driving mode. At the time of the accident, the automatic driving car turns to the right at the intersection ahead, so when trying to move from the straight lane in which other vehicles waiting at the red light are lined up to the lane on the right, once the sandbags are found in front Stop. When the signal changed to blue, the automated driving car returned to the straight lane at the back and tried to avoid the sandbag, but the municipal bus took a straight lane from behind and collided with the automatic driving car.


According to the person who was aboard the automatic driving car, he thought that the presence of the bus was confirmed by the mirror, but he thought that the bus would slow the running speed as it waits for the automated driving car in the back. However, the autopilot car stumbled into the side of the bus. The automatic driving car was about 3.2 km / h in the back, while the bus was running at about 24 km.

Google acknowledged the negligence of the automatic driving car in this accident. According to Mark Harris who writes articles at The Guardian and The Economist, it is the first time Google has acknowledged negligence in the accident of an automatic driving car.

And the 1st in which Google is not saying that it's not at fault. Lexus drove into a city bus while changing lanePic.twitter.com/nYl0u8D24k

- Mark Harris (@ meharris)February 29, 2016

Google's automatic driving car is also in the pastMany mild accidentsAlthough it has caused it,Investigation by the Transport Authority"Most cases of the accident are responsible for the automated driving car and the driver of the automobile that caused the accident."

There were no injuries due to the accident this time.