Google tager delvist ansvar for sammenstød mellem en bus og en af deres selvkørende biler

For første gang nogensinde er en af Googles selfkørende biler involveret i et biluheld, hvor deres bil ikke kun er i offerrollen.

Der er tale om et sammenstød der skete i Mountain View testbyen, mellem en selvkørende SUV og en bus, hvor både SUV'ens selvkørende del og testkøreren, formodede at bussen ville holde tilbage - hvilket så ikke var tilfældet. Resultatet blev et mildt sammenstød, hvor Lexus SUV'en ramte bussens side med lav hastighed, og dermed fik en beskadiget frontkofanger, hjul og sensor. Der er tale et mindre sammenstød hvor der ikke var nogen tilskadekomne.

Google udtaler:

On February 14, our vehicle was driving autonomously and had pulled toward the right-hand curb to prepare for a right turn. It then detected sandbags near a storm drain blocking its path, so it needed to come to a stop. After waiting for some other vehicles to pass, our vehicle, still in autonomous mode, began angling back toward the center of the lane at around 2 mph -- and made contact with the side of a passing bus traveling at 15 mph. Our car had detected the approaching bus, but predicted that it would yield to us because we were ahead of it.

Our test driver, who had been watching the bus in the mirror, also expected the bus to slow or stop. And we can imagine the bus driver assumed we were going to stay put. Unfortunately, all these assumptions led us to the same spot in the lane at the same time. This type of misunderstanding happens between human drivers on the road every day.

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