Google would have recorded 11 accidents with Google Car since 2009, and it is never his fault!
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The American firm has just unveiled its driverless cars are extremely reliable, with only 11 accidents recorded over several years, the majority was due to human error of the other vehicles involved.
Only 11 accidents recorded involving Google Car
Currently, there would be 48 vehicles on American roads and only 4 cars without drivers have been involved in a collision during the last 8 months. In total, since the launch of the project in 2009, the Mountain View company would have had to sign 11 accident reports, 10 since in reality a vehicle is tested by the company Delphi.
Cars without drivers have come to date 1.6 million kilometers, an accident rate of 1 every 160,000 km. This figure is double that recorded in the US as average, but Google defends the reliability of its Google Car noting that every year 5 million accidents are not reported to avoid insurance premiums in the United States. In addition, he said that all accidents were caused by human on its cars and not the reverse. Finally, the Mountain View company has indicated that of the 11 accidents, there had been no injuries.
Chris Urmson, the program director of the cars without driver at Google said: " Even when our software and sensors detect a dangerous situation and react earlier and faster than a human driver warned, sometimes we will not be able to overcome the realities of speed and distance . " Alluding to rear impact Google For other vehicles, in particular red light. The Google Car would be more prudent and respectful of traffic than humans?
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The American firm has just unveiled its driverless cars are extremely reliable, with only 11 accidents recorded over several years, the majority was due to human error of the other vehicles involved.
Only 11 accidents recorded involving Google Car
Currently, there would be 48 vehicles on American roads and only 4 cars without drivers have been involved in a collision during the last 8 months. In total, since the launch of the project in 2009, the Mountain View company would have had to sign 11 accident reports, 10 since in reality a vehicle is tested by the company Delphi.
Cars without drivers have come to date 1.6 million kilometers, an accident rate of 1 every 160,000 km. This figure is double that recorded in the US as average, but Google defends the reliability of its Google Car noting that every year 5 million accidents are not reported to avoid insurance premiums in the United States. In addition, he said that all accidents were caused by human on its cars and not the reverse. Finally, the Mountain View company has indicated that of the 11 accidents, there had been no injuries.
Chris Urmson, the program director of the cars without driver at Google said: " Even when our software and sensors detect a dangerous situation and react earlier and faster than a human driver warned, sometimes we will not be able to overcome the realities of speed and distance . " Alluding to rear impact Google For other vehicles, in particular red light. The Google Car would be more prudent and respectful of traffic than humans?