[LINK] Google’s Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Mon Oct 28 08:26:16 AEDT 2013


We've covered this subject before on link

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520746/data-shows-googles-robot-cars-are-smoother-safer-drivers-than-you-or-i/

> Data Shows Google’s Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You or I
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> Tests of Google’s autonomous vehicles in California and Nevada suggests they already outperform human drivers.

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> He also said that when the inevitable accidents do occur, the data autonomous cars collect in order to navigate will provide a powerful and accurate picture of exactly who was responsible.
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> Urmson showed data from a Google car that was rear-ended in traffic by another driver. Examining the car’s annotated map of its surroundings clearly showed that the Google vehicle smoothly halted before being struck by the other vehicle.

> "We don’t have to rely on eyewitnesses that can’t act be trusted as to what happened—we actually have the data,” he said. “The guy around us wasn’t paying enough attention. The data will set you free.”


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