TECHNOLOGY:Google Self-driving car involved in a further Crash

A Google self-using Lexus was involved in a crash in Mountain View, Calif. On Friday afternoon. Fortunately, no one used to be injured.

In step with a record from local television station KRON, the Google vehicle was, obviously, utilizing autonomously at the time of the crash, however was not at fault. The incident occurred at round 1:30 p.M. Shut El Camino actual and Phyllis Avenue, when yet an extra auto ran a red gentle and hit the passenger a part of Google's vehicle.

Google did not immediately reply to PCMag's request for remark however demonstrated the incident to TechCrunch. "A Google auto was journeying northbound on Phyllis Ave. In Mountain View when a auto heading westbound on El Camino actual ran a crimson soft and collided with the right facet of our automobile," the assertion reads. "Our mild was once as soon as green for no less than six seconds before our car entered the intersection."

The tech huge additionally used this possibility to remind every body why it is constructing self-driving cars.

"hundreds of thousands and hundreds and hundreds of crashes arise daily on US roads, and pink-tender walking is the leading motive of metropolis crashes in the united states. Human error performs a function in ninety four percentage of these crashes, which is why we're establishing totally self-driving technology to make our roads safer," Google acknowledged.

In step with KRON, a human used to be at the back of the wheel of Google's auto on the time of the incident. The Google vehicle (and presumably the human in the back of the wheel) sensed the reverse auto crossing the intersection, at which point the human took over and utilized the brakes, nevertheless the crash was once unavoidable.