Google’s Driverless Car Crash
The future is now! Not only do we have driverless cars, we have driverless car crashes! We’ll give Google credit, at least the search engine and online marketing giant is trying to make the world a better place by testing out self-driving software on a Toyota Prius. But earlier this week, the first ever driverless car crash took place on Google’s testing grounds.
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At least, that is what the web has led us to believe. Photos were supplied from Google’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters – showing the Prius apparently sitting in the aftermath of a rear-end collision with another Prius. However, Business Insider received the following quote from a Google spokesperson about the incident: “Safety is our top priority. One of our goals is to prevent fender-benders like this one, which occurred while a person was manually driving the car.” Take THAT internet speculation!
The Toyota Prius is highly recognizable around the Google compound. That model is used in many locations across the nation as the Google Maps Street View recording vehicle. The driverless Google car implements millions of dollars worth of sensors, combined with the expertise mapping capability of Google Maps.
Source – Jalopnik
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