On US roads increasingly are tested prototypes of cars with automatic control systems, the public is attentive to the statistics of road accidents with their participation . Google previously reported that in the six years of testing and 2.7 million. Kilometers cars with autopilot involved in an accident just 11 times, moreover, they never became responsible for the accident. Some activists demand that Google disclose details of all such cases, but the law of California, where the vehicles are operated, are prohibited from disclosing information about the participants of the accident.
As recognized at the annual meeting of Google shareholders co-founder of the corporation Sergey Brin , last week, statistics of accidents involving the company's prototypes replenished twelfth incident - other road hit a Google car, stopped at a traffic light. Generally, it is rear-end collision is the most common variant of collision - eight of the twelve cases.
However, one accident involving a prototype Google came at a time when they ruled the people, and automation has been disabled. The company refuses to disclose full information about the accident involving its car, claiming that there is no benefit from these additional data .
Sergey Brin could not resist to comment on the excellence established by its system of automatic driving. According to him, automation is not perfect, its task - to beat on Human Security. Google Board Chairman Eric Schmidt (Eric Schmidt) said recently that mankind has already come very close to the time the car will be able to do without driver intervention in the management process. Related Products :
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