Not-so-sudden Impact: Waymo Patents a Softer-crashing Car to Safeguard Pedestrians

Autonomous vehicles are being billed as a safer alternative to human-controlled transportation and, assuming the hardware functions as intended, that's likely to be the case. But eventually a self-driving car is going to smack into a pedestrian and no company wants to hold the honor of being first. Google's autonomous vehicle arm, Waymo, is working on a […] The post Not-so-sudden Impact: Waymo Patents a Softer-crashing Car to Safeguard Pedestrians appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA