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The linked report doesn't say Google is accepting responsibility, so it'll be interesting to see what tact they take here. In _Toronto_, from talking with acqua

by bch 11y ago

The linked report doesn't say Google is accepting responsibility, so it'll be interesting to see what tact they take here. In _Toronto_, from talking with acquaintances that are drivers, I understand they work in near constant fear of accidents. They are expected to at least practically always be able to avoid accidents, and the feeling is that if something happens, they're presumed guilty (within management), and proceed from there. I don't know if all professional bus drivers' conditions are the same as Toronto, but I can imagine this could be extremely distressing for the bus driver involved. At least nobody was injured.

euyyn 11y ago
In Spain if a bus hits you, you can go eff yourself because you're going to pay it no matter what happened.
- dredwerker 11y ago
  I was at a junction in Spain and I had no idea what to do. It was the most hectic thing in the world, you just sort of went and hoped. I guess its simialr to some roundabouts in London. I have no idea how an AV would handle that(unless they were all AVs at the junction)
obsurveyor 11y ago
> The linked report doesn't say Google is accepting responsibility That's for insurance reasons. You're never supposed to admit fault at the collision in the US. You let the police decide and that's that. It's like the first thing listed on the guidelines for collisions on your insurance card.
- bch 11y ago
  Agreed re: insurance reasons. That said, the phrasing of the event is interesting "...self-driving car hits municipal bus..." and (in article) "...self-driving car struck a municipal bus...", and the co-driver (and vehicle) is quoted as "believed the bus would slow or allow the the Google (autonomous vehicle) to continue.", sound a little "soft", more like "yeah, I think that's my fault". I don't have 'favourite to win', regardless. There's another article[0] that I didn't see earlier that does in fact accept at least partial fault, and additionally mentions that the software was updated as result of this event. Thankfully it seems to be a low-cost (in terms of injury and damage) event, but fascinating given the young state of autonomous driving. [0] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-selfdrivingcar-idUSKCN0W22DG http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-selfdrivingcar-idUS...

by bch 11y ago

euyyn 11y ago

In Spain if a bus hits you, you can go eff yourself because you're going to pay it no matter what happened.

dredwerker 11y ago
I was at a junction in Spain and I had no idea what to do. It was the most hectic thing in the world, you just sort of went and hoped. I guess its simialr to some roundabouts in London. I have no idea how an AV would handle that(unless they were all AVs at the junction)

obsurveyor 11y ago

> The linked report doesn't say Google is accepting responsibility That's for insurance reasons. You're never supposed to admit fault at the collision in the US. You let the police decide and that's that. It's like the first thing listed on the guidelines for collisions on your insurance card.

bch 11y ago
Agreed re: insurance reasons. That said, the phrasing of the event is interesting "...self-driving car hits municipal bus..." and (in article) "...self-driving car struck a municipal bus...", and the co-driver (and vehicle) is quoted as "believed the bus would slow or allow the the Google (autonomous vehicle) to continue.", sound a little "soft", more like "yeah, I think that's my fault". I don't have 'favourite to win', regardless. There's another article[0] that I didn't see earlier that does in fact accept at least partial fault, and additionally mentions that the software was updated as result of this event. Thankfully it seems to be a low-cost (in terms of injury and damage) event, but fascinating given the young state of autonomous driving. [0] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-selfdrivingcar-idUSKCN0W22DG http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-selfdrivingcar-idUS...