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Google's driverless car fleet boasts 300,000 accident-free miles

GasBuddy Blog -- Google recently announced that its fleet of driverless cars hit 300,000 miles. Accident free. That's an impressive feat for driverless cars, but what isn't clear is how many miles were spent on private roads or desolate test tracks.

Google says that while the cars have come a long way, they still have a long way to go... or drive. The vehicles still need to overcome snow and ice conditions, as well as construction zones, and if the cars drive in Chicago, the massive array of potholes.

What will be interesting is to see how quickly these vehicles become involved in accidents, now that Google has disclosed that they will be hitting the roads, used as commuting vehicles by Google's team. I think it'll be pretty easy if these...

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Submitted Aug 09, 2012 By: PD

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txrojo2005 All-Star Author Austin Posts:761 Points:476,180 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Aug 19, 2012 10:23:44 AM Ignore txrojo2005 Report Abuse Does Google get a break on insurance? [Edited by: txrojo2005 at 8/19/2012 1:25:00 PM EST]
albert2008 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:7,336 Points:1,477,315 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Aug 19, 2012 6:22:17 AM Ignore albert2008 Report Abuse time will tell
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pfone1847 Champion Author Illinois Posts:3,171 Points:620,655 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Aug 18, 2012 7:20:49 AM Ignore pfone1847 Report Abuse Hmm
hexr Rookie Author KW Posts:13 Points:21,655 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Aug 17, 2012 3:05:42 PM Ignore hexr Report Abuse I would volunteer to try these, just as long as they're not at highway speeds
Gas4aMiser Rookie Author Alabama Posts:16 Points:915 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Aug 15, 2012 9:59:03 AM Ignore Gas4aMiser Report Abuse I've got to wonder were these 300,000 miles all on public roads, or on a closed road. if these 300,000 miles were on open public roads were they in heavily congested traffic, or in sparse traffic? In any case 300,000 crash-free miles is fairly impressive; I await refinement of this technology, and look forward to seeing this technology in the auto showroom of the future.
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WoofRU1 Sophomore Author Long Island Posts:156 Points:164,755 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 1:20:48 PM Ignore WoofRU1 Report Abuse They should post a map of where the car has driven & continue to do so with GS tracking. Would be interesting to see where it has been and will go. Any metropolitan areas?
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Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,776 Points:410,315 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 1:03:38 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Really, @milespergallon? Last time I checked, Chicago didn't have a monopoly on potholes.
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milespergallon Champion Author Illinois Posts:9,729 Points:1,905,335 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 12:46:49 PM Ignore milespergallon Report Abuse Isn't that interesting that one of the concerns are POTHOLES in Chicago. Another point of worthlessness of Chicago
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bigsranch Champion Author Houston Posts:3,131 Points:1,002,555 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 12:32:35 PM Ignore bigsranch Report Abuse Houston is full of driverless cars. Oh somebody's sitting behind the wheel, but with one or more cell phones going, food being consumed, and laptops being checked, they can't actually be called "drivers".
VB_Richard Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:1,638 Points:348,570 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 12:32:05 PM Ignore VB_Richard Report Abuse Sounds like some good technology deserving of today's highway.
UC2 Champion Author Ventura Posts:1,305 Points:318,255 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 12:31:01 PM Ignore UC2 Report Abuse simple economics 1001 = more people out of work, more people dependent on welfare = more government funds doled out to the many people unemployed
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JimL1 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:8,206 Points:1,239,570 Joined:Jul 2003	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 12:26:11 PM Ignore JimL1 Report Abuse People need to realize that the goal to to eliminate truck drivers. That puts a lot more people out of work. I like New Jersey's approach. In NJ they decided many years ago that it is better to have less educated people working than on welfare. NJ passed a law making it illegal for anyone to pump their own gasoline, so the job of gas station attendant never went away, as it did almost everywhere else. It is also interesting that in NJ gasoline is cheaper than in any of the surrounding states. Getting rid of truck driver, cab drivers, etc will not lower our costs any more than getting rid of gas station attendants has lowered the cost of gasoline, it will just increase unemployment. WAKE UP FOLKS!
TAT36 Champion Author Florida Posts:6,783 Points:1,300,000 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 12:23:14 PM Ignore TAT36 Report Abuse Be interesting to see how they do fare in rush hour traffic and city driving as well as changing weather conditions.
wshutton Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,657 Points:922,220 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Aug 10, 2012 12:21:52 PM Ignore wshutton Report Abuse Reads like these cars are better drivers than some of the drivered(?) cars I've seen.
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