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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @10:25AM (#11203146)
I suspect Google will render some of the fancy video of 'what their car sees' of this incident like they've used in previous marketing materials. Those fancy videos aren't rendered on the spot though! We'll probably see it soon.
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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by eru on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @05:14PM (#11206541)
Just speculation: they might also have to still figure out the PR angle. (Or waiting is their PR angle?)

Right now, lots of people are already blaming the bus, without Google ever actually saying so. Moral high ground for them.

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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @02:03AM (#11208494)
True. Google's PR team is probably on full alert on this one.
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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by justinhj on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @10:31AM (#11203203)
I wonder if the cars graphical renderings are acceptable in court
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Re:Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor ... by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @02:02AM (#11208493)
I doubt this is big enough a deal to be handled in open court. But I'm sure the data could be looked at by a third party, and the visualization could be vetted as a fair representation of the sensor data picked up by the car.
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