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Google Inc has just released its June reports of its self-driving car project and from what the search giant shared in the report, its Lexus SUV driverless cars were involved two accidents...and..as you would expect, the accidents were not caused by its self-driving cars but human drivers who constantly rear-end its AV vehicles. That brings the total number of Google self-driving car accident to 14 since the company started the project six years ago. See the complete report below and tell me what you think about this.
A Google Lexus model autonomous vehicle (“Google AV”) was travelling westbound on California St. in Mountain View in autonomous mode and was stopped behind traffic at a red light at the intersection of California St. and Rengstorff Ave. A vehicle approaching from behind collided with the rear bumper of the Google AV. The Google AV was stopped for approximately 17 seconds prior to the collision. The approximate speed of the other vehicle at the time of impact was 1mph. There were no injuries reported at the scene by either party. Google self-driving car sustained no damage and there was no visible damage to the other car.
A Google Lexus model autonomous vehicle (“Google AV”) was traveling northbound on California St. in Mountain View in autonomous mode and was stopped at a red light in the straight-only lane at the intersection of California St. and Bryant St. The lane to the left of the Google AV was a left-turn-only lane. The vehicle waiting immediately behind the Google AV in the straight-only lane began to move forward when the green arrow left turn signal appeared (despite the signal for the straight-only lane remaining red) and collided with the rear bumper of the Google AV. The Google AV had been stopped for about 11 seconds at the time of impact. The other vehicle was traveling about 5 mph at the time of impact. There were no injuries reported at the scene by either party. The Google AV sustained minor damage (scrapes) to its rear bumper. The other vehicle sustained minor damage (scrapes) to its front bumper.
Google has reported the accidents involving its self-driving car to the California Department of Motor Vehicle(DMV) as required. There are now 23 Lexus RX450h driverless SUV on test drive in Mountain View, California and 25 prototypes of its driverless cars built from the ground up, of which two are being tested on public streets in California. Its self-driving cars have now travelled over 1.8 million miles both in manual and autonomous mode.
Wait a minute, did you guys notice that Google mistakenly credited Vox media instead of us(Wearobo) as original source of the article in this . You can find it at ''What we have been reading.'' Come on guys that's our article! They all got it from us.One of our readers shared it.I think we truly deserve the credit not, Vox. I would be very grateful if Google gives us the credit.