{"id":130014,"date":"2016-02-29T22:49:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T22:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/29\/google-autonomous-car-crashes-into-a-bus-that-shouldnt-have-been-there.html"},"modified":"2016-02-29T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T22:49:45","slug":"google-autonomous-car-crashes-into-a-bus-that-shouldnt-have-been-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/29\/google-autonomous-car-crashes-into-a-bus-that-shouldnt-have-been-there.html","title":{"rendered":"Google autonomous car crashes into a bus that shouldn&#39;t have been there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading both the Google statement (at the end of the argument) and the accident report filed, this sounds like a &quot;bus didn&#39;t respect right-of-way&quot; situation, of the sort that oughtn&#39;t happen (but which Google needs to figure out how to keep from happening).  The big question seems to be, how rationally assertive does an autonomous car get to be in order to use its right-of-way and not be stuck (with passengers) forever waiting for someone to let it move?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/02\/29\/google-self-driving-car-accident\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/tQio-Nc7A3ITlG3lJnPEigaKjwJw4O5Y-v122Rgu5nJqmzxQXfr1uIzH3fXD2c0v8HfpyjTbW-OAZoaz4I-WTfx80C4Evn3KNXRfrjPB8dzOWfYSeAWSevI458mYGiuu7LqNkXgxA_I2-OY6yXGlic2zrAHwEyzWLL2e6AjdBA9mdmbCj7REjVwq3I_Kvgp_OlHzwmv1wDE4FfZJ5NTeqYwDnmK_Q0I3CgQLE42B2wABJAaZli8y_HG17vzREK8JOMzaXAGD9sJeLlnyUBXTZDKpU5OJ-3Pt4TZSW5IA8cmvAbaoMjh_7PCJTqcZwLPbDAY6bg=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/02\/29\/google-self-driving-car-accident\/'>Google self-driving car crashes into a bus (update: statement)<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nIt may be the first instance of a Google autonomous car being at fault in an accident.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/eoUE1crysy1'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading both the Google statement (at the end of the argument) and the accident report filed, this sounds like a &quot;bus didn&#39;t respect right-of-way&quot; situation, of the sort that oughtn&#39;t happen (but which Google needs to figure out how to keep from happening). The big question seems to be, how rationally assertive does an autonomous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/29\/google-autonomous-car-crashes-into-a-bus-that-shouldnt-have-been-there.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google autonomous car crashes into a bus that shouldn&#39;t have been there&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51324,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/01\/a-clearly-biased-yet-pleasingly-humorous-autonomous-car-satire.html","url_meta":{"origin":130014,"position":0},"title":"A clearly biased, yet pleasingly humorous, autonomous car satire","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 1-Jun-15 5:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"Heh. View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128501,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/when-machines-are-asked-to-make-ethical-decisions.html","url_meta":{"origin":130014,"position":1},"title":"When machines are asked to make ethical decisions","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Nov-15 5:58am","format":false,"excerpt":"Autonomous cars are going to bring to a head some interesting ethical issues -- including the idea that people agree broadly on ethical concerns, but tend to differ -- a lot -- when it comes to specific circumstances.With human drivers, we sort of give this a pass. In the heat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51663,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/03\/ghost-ships-of-the-future.html","url_meta":{"origin":130014,"position":2},"title":"Ghost Ships of the Future","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 3-Jul-15 9:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Between GPS navigation and telepresence for more complicated tasks, this actually makes a lot of sense. Right now much of what the minimal crew on cargo ships does is spot and fix the minor things that can be fixed en route, and call for help if there's a more serious\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30065,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/02\/going-out-for-a-sunday-being-driven.html","url_meta":{"origin":130014,"position":3},"title":"Going out for a Sunday Being-Driven","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 2-Sep-12 8:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"California okays the concept of driverless, autonomous cars, subject to regulations to be written. \u00a0Which is fairly darned cool, if you ask me. Embedded Link Self-Driving Cars Approved by California Legislature The California state legislature just approved a bill paving the way for driverless cars to be allowed on Golden\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131817,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/18\/planning-for-temporary-parking.html","url_meta":{"origin":130014,"position":4},"title":"Planning for Temporary Parking","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 18-Oct-16 3:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"This is actually remarkably clever: build parking garages and parking space today that tomorrow can be easily converted into retail and other use when autonomous vehicles, improved alternate transit, or $20\/gallon gasoline costs mean that parking space demand drops substantially. Denver developers have seen the future of parking, and it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130829,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/what-i-really-want-for-fathers-day.html","url_meta":{"origin":130014,"position":5},"title":"What I really want for Fathers Day","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 9-Jun-16 7:36am","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, not really, but since the subject came up ...+Kay Hill was reading through something online suggesting great Fathers Day gifts, and one of them was ... a lawn mower. I opined that the only new lawn mower I really wanted was one that had a person attached to it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}