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Re:Two self-driving cars involved in 'near miss' in California by connor4312 on Friday June 26, 2015 @06:34AM (#9783399)
Not to be cynical, but this is perfect publicity for Delphi Automotive. There appears to be no third-party confirmation of the incident, solely the say-so of the Delphi executive.

It would seem to me (given the low density of self-driving cars and their excellent track record) that the odds of Delphi wanting get in the news and bash a competitor at the same time is greater than the odds of two self-driving cars happening to cross paths and causing a "near-miss".

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Re:Two self-driving cars involved in 'near miss' in California by thescrewdriver on Friday June 26, 2015 @09:19AM (#9784066)
Both vehicles would be doing a ton of data collection, so it's hard to imagine a situation where false claims wouldn't easily be debunked with data/footage from the vehicles themselves.
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Re:Two self-driving cars involved in 'near miss' in California by connor4312 on Friday June 26, 2015 @03:10PM (#9787051)
It isn't possible for Google to provide footage showing it _not_ happening, and the release of footage from Delphi would be entirely on their own prerogative.
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