US government: 'it's not a surprise Google's car crashed'
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#1716C)
US transport secretary Anthony Foxx expects autonomous driving technology to prevent 80% of accidents - but it won't be perfect, and what the future holds is unclear
The fact that a Google self-driving car had a crash is "not a surprise" according to the US transport secretary Anthony Foxx.
Talking to the BBC at South by Southwest in Austin Texas, Foxx discussed the future of road transportation and the recent crash caused by Google's autonomous SUV, which pulled out and struck a bus.
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