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Google Self-Driving Car Gets into First Accident w/Human at the Wheel

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However, in an ironic twist, Google has claimed that the car was not actually driving itself at the time of the collision, but was instead was being controlled by a human who was using the vehicle's manual setting.

The Auto blog Jalopnik broke the news on Monday after posting pictures of the accident that were snapped by a tipster. The photos show a Prius - recognizable as a Google car by the roof equipment stowed on top that resembles the device used by a typical Google Streetview image collector - pulled over on the side of a roadway after reportedly rear-ending another Prius.

Google's self-driving vehicles use a combination of radar, video cameras and lasers to safely navigate through traffic. Although the ultimate goal is to develop cars that can completely operate without human input, self-driving cars must legally have a person behind the wheel to take control of the vehicle if anything goes wrong.

Although Google has acknowledged the accident occurred, the company used the event to emphasize hoe computer-controlled car could potentially drastically decrease the rate of auto collisions.

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