Google's driverless cars
have been involved in more than a dozen collisions but in most cases the
vehicles were rear-ended. The Google driverless car has been involved in a
collision with a bus in California.
The company was testing
twenty-four of the cars fitted with sensors and cameras near the tech firm's
Silicon Valley headquarters when the incident happened.
The tech company has
admitted at least partial responsibility for the accident which occurred on 14
February.
In a report filed with
California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) the company reveals the car was
trying to navigate its way round some sandbags at 2mph when it hit the bus that
was travelling at 15mph.
If it is determined
Google's car was at fault over this crash it will be the first time one of its
driverless vehicles has caused an accident while in autonomous mode.
Google says the accident
came from the same kind of negotiations and misunderstandings that take place
between human drivers every day.
The company says its cars
will now have a better understanding that buses and other large vehicles are
less likely to give way than smaller ones.
A DMV spokeswoman said the
agency hoped to speak with Google soon about what went wrong.
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