It’s No Use Honking. The Robot at the Wheel Can’t Hear You

  • California reports show low-speed crashes with autonomous cars
  • Automated vehicles programmed to drive cautiously on the road

Race To Build Self-Driving Cars Accelerates

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As auto accidents go, it wasn’t much: twelve minutes before noon on a cool June day, a Chevrolet Bolt was rear ended as it crawled from a stop light in downtown San Francisco.

What made this fender bender noteworthy was the Bolt’s driver: a computer.