Just days after the search giant sung the praises of the cars’ safety records during Google I/O, the autonomous vehicles have been involved in a couple of minor fender-benders.
According to Google, however, these accidents are not a sign of technical issues, simply human error highlighting the future potential of self-driving cars.
The Nexus 6 maker has revealed that one of its driverless cars was rear-ended while waiting at traffic lights in Mountain View, California, this week. This is the second such incident in a matter of days.
“That’s two incidents just in the last week where a driver rear-ended us while we were completely stopped at a light!” Google revealed in an official statement.
The company added: “That brings the tally to 13 minor fender-benders in more than 1.8 million miles of autonomous and manual driving—and still, not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident.”
Despite the slightly blemished incident record, Google has remained insistent that its cars have not been responsible for any of the accidents caused.
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