Previously the car had been tested several times and was safe. However, as preached jalopnik.com page, Monday, August 8, 2011, the car crashed. The incident occurred on a trip in the near Google's headquarters, in Mountain View, California, United States, last week. Google does not give an official statement of the particulars event. But Business Insider claims to have contacted a source at Google.
"Safety is our top priority. One of our goals is to prevent collisions (accidents) like this, which occurs when a person driving the car manually," the source said. That is, the accident occurred when the vehicle is in manual mode, not in a state of self-driving mode. Indeed, the images recorded jalopnik.com no significant damage on the car. Similarly, no injuries or lives in the incident. However, the case was considered to be very ironic. Because the car has been undergoing testing hundreds of thousands of kilometers traveled.
Moreover, the Internet search engine company also claimed that through the help of technology that the driver can be free to perform other activities along the journey. Control the affairs of the car can be delivered to devices such assistance. "They can read the text, eat, or even makeup while on the move with the condition of the car remains on the road," the company statement. Google even said sure with the use of technology that will reduce the 1 million deaths from traffic accidents every year. The company's experts have also conducted a series of tests the car with a distance of 224 thousand kilometers.
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