WP: Self-Driving Google Car At Fault In Crash

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For the first time, Google admits its autonomous car is at fault in fender-bender

Self-Driving Google Car At Fault In Crash

...in Mountain View, California, one of Google's autonomous cars hit a bus.

...Google's self-driving vehicles have been involved in accidents before. However, all of the 17 fender-benders previously reported by the tech firm have been attributed to human drivers--either drivers of other vehicles, or Google drivers who'd taken control of a self-driving vehicle for some reason.

On February 14, though, Google says that its autonomous Lexus RX 450h was partially to blame for the accident. That's a first.

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