Council Chronicle

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Log in
  • National News
  • Business & Economy
  • Technology
  • Science
  • Health
  • About CC
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy GDPR
    • Terms of Use

Pages

  • About Council Chronicle
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Terms of Use

Recent Posts

  • Former Wife of Prolific Arizona Serial Killer Speaks Up First Time after Scottsdale Suicide June 29, 2018
  • Indiana Couple Arrested After Authorities Discovered Cruel Punishment Device in Home June 28, 2018
  • Schizophrenic Oregon Man Who Was Seen Carrying His Mother’s Head Committed to Psychiatric Facility June 27, 2018
  • Texas Lawmen Looking for Four Suspect Who Tortured Child During Home Invasion June 27, 2018
  • Retirement Home Resident Reported Fake Fire to Draw In Firefighters and Shoot Them June 26, 2018
  • Arkansas Man Kills Wife, Sticks Body In Chest Freezer Before Committing Suicide June 26, 2018
  • West Virginia Man Arrested After He Tried to Baptize Family by Drowning Them in the Bathtub June 25, 2018

Oops! Google Driverless Car Strikes California Bus

March 1, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow
"Google Self-driving Car"

One of Google’s autnomous cars was involved in a minor crash with a bus  on a California road.

Well, nobody is perfect. One of Google’s automated cars just hit a bus during a test drive on California’s public roads. And apparently, no human was to blame this time. The incident happened Feb. 14, but the news was released Monday by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles.

Though the report doesn’t explicitly put the blame on the tech company, Google has claimed “some responsibility” for the crash in a recent press release. It is the first time one of the company’s self-driving cars is the cause of an accident.

Over the past seven years, the automated cars were involved in over a dozen traffic incidents, but all of them were due to human error. Most crashes happened when other participants in the traffic rear-ended the cars.

According to DMV, the car was running at 2 mph while the bus was rolling at 15 mph. Fortunately, none of the passengers were injured during the collision. Yet, there is ‘sustained’ but minor damage to one of the bus’ front fenders, side sensors, and left wheel.

Stacey Hendler Ross of the Valley Transportation Authority said that the agency was currently conducting an investigation into the accident. So far, liability has yet to be determined.

Google pledged to provide more details on the incident Tuesday, during a monthly report on the cars. The web search giant recently told reporters that it clearly bore “some responsibility” for the accident. Nevertheless, the company added that human drivers are involved in similar “misunderstandings” on a daily basis.

Reportedly, the car was in autonomous mode when it tried to dodge some sandbags on a Mountain View road. It was then that the autonomous vehicle struck the right side of a bus coming from behind, but the test driver in the car didn’t intervene since he has assumed the bus driver would stop or slow down. Note: every one of Google’s driverless cars has a human driver that can take control of the vehicle if things go out of hand.

Google concluded that there was a common misunderstanding between the car’s system and the human bus driver which led both to the exact spot on the road at the exact time. The misunderstanding was mainly due to the bus driver’s assumption that the autonomous car would stay put while the bus passes by and the test driver’s assumption that the bus would stop, according to Google.

The company also said that it has now instructed his cars to wait patiently when a bus or large vehicle approaches as the latter are less likely to yield to the driverless cars than other vehicles.

Image Source: Wikimedia

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: autonomous cars, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Google driverless car, Google Inc., Google self-driving car

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 18 other subscribers

Recent Articles

ethics in dictionary highlighted

NIH Will Examine Ethical Problems of One of Their Studies

March 27, 2018 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

biomutant character

Eleven-Minutes Long Biomutant Trailer Prepares You for Amazing Gameplay and Mechanics

August 26, 2017 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

intime alibaba

Intime May Be Acquired By Its Founder And Alibaba

January 11, 2017 By Jesse Skelton Leave a Comment

Newborn baby

A Woman Gave Birth to Baby After Fertilizing Frozen Ovary

December 16, 2016 By Lee Raulin Leave a Comment

Parkes radio telescope

Hunting Aliens with Parkes Radio Telescope

November 11, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

man suffering from election season stress

Stressed Out? Here Are 7 Ways to Get Rid of Election Season Stress

October 19, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

Disney World wants to prevent fraud.

Disney World prevents fraud by scanning children’s fingers

September 8, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

artificial intelligence

How will the Artificial Intelligence will affect our life by 2030?

September 3, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

opera sync

Opera Sync resets passwords after it was hacked

August 30, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

viping

Why are teens viping – flavours or nicotine?

August 26, 2016 By Dustin Smith Leave a Comment

sex abuse

Doctors in sex abuse cases return to work. What happens with their victims?

August 25, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

affection

Affection or food – which is more important for a dog?

August 19, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

Chipotle restaurant

Chipotle to Open its First Burger Joint

July 30, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A Rolls Out Protein-Packed Grill Breakfast Sandwich

July 20, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • wolf medallion

    The Witcher Enhanced Edition Free on GOG

    Jun 19, 2018
  • Skyrim

    You Can Actually Play Skyrim Very Special Edition on Your Amazon Echo

    Jun 14, 2018
  • Fortnite

    UK Child Sent to Rehab Because She Was Too Addicted to Fortnite

    Jun 12, 2018
  • Ambulance

    Detroit Woman Claims Samsung Phone Nearly Killed Her

    Jun 11, 2018
  • fallout shelter

    Influential US Stock Broker Probed in Death of Worker in Fallout Shelter Fire

    Jun 4, 2018
  • Witcher Enhanced Edition

    The Witcher Enhanced Edition Now Free on GOG

    Apr 30, 2018
  • Ion Maiden

    3D Realms Launches Duke Nukem 3D Inspired Ion Maiden

    Mar 1, 2018
  • Sea of Thieves

    Sea of Thieves Confirmed to Run on Potato Rigs

    Feb 14, 2018
  • Alien

    New Alien Game in the Making, FoxNext Announced

    Jan 19, 2018
  • Magnifying glass over Google's logo

    Google Publishes 2017’s Search Trends in a Special Compilation

    Dec 14, 2017

Categories

  • Breaking News
  • Business & Economy
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Technology
  • World News

Copyright © 2021 CouncilChronicle.com

About · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · Contact