Vehicles without human driver of Google have been 11 “minor” accidents in the six years he has been testing them in California, said the US multinational, which valued that fact as a sign of the “safety” of their cars.
“If you spend much time on the road, will occur accidents, both in a conventional car or one that leads alone. In the six years we’ve been testing cars, we had 11 minor accidents 2.7 million kilometers minor “and always the result of” Chris Urmson, director of the program of Google.
Urmson placed special emphasis on the fact that the accidents were said Monday ” shares of other cars with driver.
“In neither case was the car without driver caused the accident,” he said.
The car you drive just Google is a project started in 2009 with an eye to the long term, but since then its two dozen Lexus RX450h equipped with sensors have already circulated, and hence, recorded in 3D-maps up to 2.7 million kilometers, mainly on highways and highways.
Also, since about two years ago, Google cars have also been circulating through the streets of Mountain View (California, USA), where the technology giant is headquartered.
If succeed, the proposed Google should find a fit in the current Highway Code, which in no case envisages driverless vehicles running.
© EFE 2015
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