Incident 25: Near-miss between two Self-Driving Cars
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A Google self-driving car cut off a Delphi self-driving car in Silicon Valley, California. A Delphi spokesperson first reported the near miss under the context of both cars acting in the way they should. The Delphi car sensed the Google car's approach into the lane it intended to merge into, therefore termintating the Delphi car's lane change until safe to do so. Google agreed with this statement. Delphi later amended their statement to say "the vehicles didn't even come that close to each other."
Short Description
A Google self-driving car allegedly cut off a Delphi self-driving car during a road test, however the Delphi car sensed and avoided collision with the Google car.
Severity
Negligible
AI System Description
Self-driving cars developed by Google and Delphi, respectively
System Developer
Google, Delphi
Sector of Deployment
Transportation and storage
Relevant AI functions
Perception, Cognition, Action
AI Techniques
environmental sensing, decision trees, artificially intelligent automobiles
AI Applications
autonomous vehicles, interpreting traffic patterns
Location
Silicon Valley, California
Named Entities
Google, Delphi
Technology Purveyor
Google, Delphi
Beginning Date
6-2015
Ending Date
6-2015
Near Miss
Near miss
Intent
Accident
Lives Lost
No
Infrastructure Sectors
Transportation
Data Inputs
traffic patterns, environmental input
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies to test them on public roads. Scott Budman reports. (Published Monday, May …
Updated 12:15 a.m ET Friday.
Somebody almost had to call a self-driving tow truck.
Two autonomous vehicles, one powered by Google and the other from Delphi Automotive, nearly collided this week in what’s thought to be the first close call b…
There are few drivers who haven't experienced what it's like to be cut off by another motorist who nearly causes an accident. Now, two autonomous-driving cars from competing companies have matched that common human experience.
Of course, th…
[Update 6/27]: In a statement from Delphi, the company has added further clarification and now claims that the two vehicles were never in any danger of colliding. The statement claims the original report from Reuters was incorrect, though t…
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Reuters) - Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters on Thursday…
In a showdown of self-driving cars a Google vehicle recently cut off a Delphi car attempting to switch roadway lanes, and came perilously close to crashing.
Auto parts maker Delphi says that its experimental self-driving car was on a street…
Delphi Automotive has contradicted a senior exec at the company by denying that one of its robo-cars had come close to being pranged by a Google self-driving vehicle.
The firm told Reuters on Friday that the news wire's earlier report – whi…
June 29, 2015
Delphi is back-pedaling after one of its executives told Reuters last week one of its self-driving vehicles had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid being side-swiped by an autonomous Google car.
Although Delphi executive John A…
After a report that a Delphi driverless car and a Google driverless car came close to a traffic incident on a road in Palo Alto, Calif., Delphi has issued a statement that “the vehicles didn’t even come close to each other.”
The original re…
It has been reported that a Delphi Automotive-owned self driving Audi was forced to take ‘appropriate action’ in order to avoid crashing into a Google self driving Lexus after it was cut off by the car.
John Absmeier was traveling in the De…
One of the main reasons behind Google’s commitment to driverless cars is their ability to avoid accidents and improve traffic safety , as they eliminate human error, which is the single most common cause of motor vehicle crashes. Up until a…
