Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor crash

eohrnberger said:

Thank you Ludin. Most informative post.

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no problem. states are still trying to get some of the regulations down but they
do have some in place already.

some states they can only be used on designated road ways.
I think recently the federal government came out and said that
a car can be driverless states can add to that in they need to.

as I posted drivers had to save the google car plenty of times
otherwise there would have been more wrecks than just this one.

I see insurance companies treating this like any car and I don't see google or anyone else
taking a lawsuit because someone got into an accident.

danarhea said:

Damn, Google is going for a self driving car that is very realistic. It drives just like some of the drivers here in Houston. What's their next trick? Virtual road rage?

Article is here.

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Well, I think Google should take a closer look at it if they haven't already. Aside from the fact that there were random sandbags in the middle of the road for no explained reason, did the software actually make the correct decision in changing lanes to avoid them? Was there sufficient time to avoid that obstruction by taking some other action that wouldn't risk collision with another vehicle or cause a different accident? Did the software make certain assumptions about the operation of the bus that turned out to be incorrect such as assuming the bus would maintain its speed rather than accelerate? Etc.

ludin said:

Google's self-driving cars failed 272 times in 14 months (Wired UK)

you are wrong.
the fact is that they have to have manual controls for humans because the laws regarding the cars themselves require
that they do. for situations as posted in this article.

automated or not whoever is operating/owner of the vehicle is responsible for the liability for damages.

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Um... I linked to a 2014 article which states Googles new car doesn't have a steering wheel.

Your article is circa 2013. A lot can happen in a few years.

ludin said:

Google's self-driving cars failed 272 times in 14 months (Wired UK)

you are wrong.
the fact is that they have to have manual controls for humans because the laws regarding the cars themselves require
that they do. for situations as posted in this article.

automated or not whoever is operating/owner of the vehicle is responsible for the liability for damages.

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I've spent 15 years developing autonomy systems. I know many of the people on the google team. In contrast you've read an article. shrug.

Mithros said:

Um... I linked to a 2014 article which states Googles new car doesn't have a steering wheel.

Your article is circa 2013. A lot can happen in a few years.

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that doesn't change state law that requires some kind of control.
nothing you say refutes what was written.

again read the articles and educate yourself.

Mithros said:

I've spent 15 years developing autonomy systems. I know many of the people on the google team. In contrast you've read an article. shrug.

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yep I trust articles over random internet poster making unverifiable claims any day of the week.

There's been at least a dozen of these Google cars crashing into everything from other cars, to pedestrians.
Google tried to keep most of these stories out of the news too.

Who would want a self driving car? When I'm driving 70 mph I want to know that I'm the one controlling the car, not some computer chip that can be corrupted or experience bugs.