By allowing manufacturers to test cars with the autopilot on public roads in several states, the US authorities require the usual controls, and there is fear of the driver behind the wheel. Meanwhile, as reported by the publication of Associated Press, prototypes of cars with autopilot began to fill up the statistics of road accidents. Of the fifty cars, traveling in the USA since September last year, four had become parties the accident, and in two cases the incidents occurred when the vehicle was driven in automation. Just note that the rate did not exceed 16 km / h, and the victims in the accident was not.
Google Inc. has a fleet of 23 crossovers Lexus RX, which are equipped with automatic control system. Three accidents have occurred since last September, just implied the involvement of these cars. However, the company does not undertake to publicly disclose details of the incident. Google representatives in the comments Site Reuters explained, cars with autopilot from this developer did not become responsible for the accident. All the tests have been completed more than 2.7 million. Km, and test cars have become parties to accidents only 11 times - in all cases there were no injuries and fatalities.
The bulk of the accidents involving robotic vehicles took place in the city, seven incidents occurred at controlled intersections - in this case, Google made cars rear-end collision . The company Delphi, which is testing two prototypes in the US Audi SQ5 with automatic control system (one of them has crossed the country from west to east with a minimum of human intervention) . Interestingly, representatives of Google some time ago stated that in matters of safe driving, they have more confidence in automation than human. However, US laws require to equip all vehicles with controls that allow a person to intervene in the process. Related Products :
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