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Waymo car involved in Chandler crash

• grandmczeb 8y ago
  "According to police, a Honda sedan traveling eastbound on Chandler Boulevard had to swerve to avoid striking a vehicle traveling northbound on Los Feliz Drive. As the Honda swerved, it continued eastbound into the westbound lanes of Chandler Boulevard and hit the Waymo van." Waymo car appears to not be at fault.
  • jfoster 8y ago
    Would be interesting to know what the Waymo car did in this circumstance. I imagine it would've hit the brakes when the sedan came into its lane, but not sure whether it would've swerved or not in an attempt to avoid the accident.
    • riffic 8y ago
      Please don't call car crashes accidents - https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/03/19/crashes-not-accidents https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/03/19/crashes-not-acc...
      • jfoster 8y ago
        Good point. Will call them crashes in future.
• camillomiller 8y ago
  “Waymo car hit by a vehicle in Chandler”. But hey, you gotta spin that title as much as you can waiting for the third paragraph to reveal the self-driving car was not at fault.
  • Grue3 8y ago
    If the car was really smart, it could've avoided the oncoming vehicle (or at least ensured the driver is not hurt).
    • JoshTko 8y ago
      From the video from the Wyamo vehicle it's pretty hard to argue that it could have done anything in this case.
• JoshTko 8y ago
  Waymo posted a video from the van. Pretty much answers all questions about what happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhcyTOaHdv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhcyTOaHdv4