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Video Shows Google Self-Driving Car Hitting Bus In Silicon Valley

Video Shows Google Self-Driving Car Hitting Bus In Silicon Valley

<p>A new video shows a Google self-driving vehicle hitting a transit bus earlier this year in Mountain View, Calif.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WpJwvCSP_4">The video, obtained </a>by the Associated Press, includes traffic footage as well as video from inside the bus. After the collision, the video shows passengers exiting the bus.</p>
Bus Video & Photos Show Google Self-Driving Car At Fault, Consumer Group Demands Google’s Video/Data

Bus Video & Photos Show Google Self-Driving Car At Fault, Consumer Group Demands Google’s Video/Data

<p>Although Google is not required to release videos of their crashes, the bus company released video showing how the Google Lexus caused the sidewipe of the bus on <a href="http://www.autoconnectedcar.com/2016/02/why-google-self-driving-lexus-valentine-is-big-hit-with-bus-and-at-fault/">Valentine’s Day </a>this year. Consumers would be better served if Google also released their video says Consumer Watchdog.</p>
Consumer Groups: FCC Should Not Hold Back On Internet Privacy

Consumer Groups: FCC Should Not Hold Back On Internet Privacy

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"> <p>Consumer and civil liberty groups are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to not hold back when developing its new Internet privacy rules.</p>
Groups Worried About Autonomous Vehicle Accident in California

Groups Worried About Autonomous Vehicle Accident in California

<p>Earlier last month, a self-driving Google car sideswiped a bus in California. The California Department of Motor Vehicles released the accident report and it appears that the autonomous vehicle was at fault.</p> <p><span class="img_inline" style="max-width:715px;"><img alt="Google Car (Image Credit: Google Self-Driving Car Project)" height="476" src="http://electronics360.globalspec.com/images/assets/373/6373/google_car.jpg" width="715" /><span class="caption">Google Car (Image Credit: Google Self-Driving Car Project)</span></span></p>
Is Google At Fault For Its Self-Driving Car Crash?

Is Google At Fault For Its Self-Driving Car Crash?

<p><b>The technology company's self-driving car program was involved in its first real collision last month, after one of the autonomous vehicles began to change lanes and collided with a municipal bus.</b></p> <div class="eza-body clearfix p402_premium" id="story-body"> <p>Google said it would take “some responsibility” for a minor collision in February involving one of its driverless cars and a municipal bus. </p>
Passenger Bus Teaches Google Robot Car A Lesson

Passenger Bus Teaches Google Robot Car A Lesson

<p><strong>After a collision, firm refines software on its autonomous vehicles to better 'understand' public transportation.</strong></p> <p>When it comes to hair-raising traffic duels, most California motorists know better than to play chicken with a hulking passenger bus.</p> <p><br /> This, however, is not a concept widely understood by Google's fleet of fearless autonomous cars.</p>
Passenger Bus Teaches Google Robot Car A Lesson

Passenger Bus Teaches Google Robot Car A Lesson

<p>When it comes to hair-raising traffic duels, most California motorists know better than to play chicken with a hulking passenger bus.</p> <p>This, however, is not a concept widely understood by Google's fleet of fearless autonomous cars.</p> <p>Following a Valentine's Day collision between a bus and an autonomous car in Silicon Valley, Google engineers have reportedly refined the vehicle's software to better "understand" the sometimes bullying nature of public transportation.</p>
Google Self-Driving Car Strikes Bus On California Street

Google Self-Driving Car Strikes Bus On California Street

<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/portableplayer/?cmsID=370583561&videoID=ockR1eUUno_w&origin=nbcbayarea.com&sec=news&subsec=california&width=600&height=360"></script> <div class="article-body resizeFont" itemprop="articleBody"> <p style="font-size: 100%;">LOS ANGELES — A self-driving car being tested by Google struck a public bus on a Silicon Valley street, a fender-bender that appears to be the first time one of the tech company's vehicles caused a crash during testing.</p>