Photo: Reddit user Nurse-Patches
One of Google’s Street View cars crashed in Grand Rapids this week, and it looks like the damage is extensive.
Fortunately for us, a Reddit user was around and managed to take a photo of the car right after the accident. Thanks to the vigilance of someone nicknamed “Nurse-Patches,” we have a picture of the Street View car right after the incident, as well as a first-hand report from the scene.
It appears that the Subaru Impreza hatchback was being driven by a female member of the Google Street View Team, and that she was not injured in the accident.
While the photo of the crashed compact car is not a close-up, we cannot see if the airbags were deployed. However, it is evident that the vehicle will need a new front bumper, a radiator, a new front grille, and multiple minor bits and bobs to keep it together.
Another vehicle is not visible in the picture, so it is unclear who is responsible for the accident. It is evident that the impact happened in an intersection, which means that this Impreza t-boned another car, but the guilty party cannot be identified without viewing multiple images of both cars, along with a detailed sketch of the scene and photos of the intersection.
Another fortunate fact about this accident is that nobody was injured, and the impact is considered as a minor one by local police officers.
Even if two vehicles were damaged, it is always nice to find out that the impact injured no humans or animals. Always remember - a car or a phone can be replaced, while humans and animals cannot.
As you probably know, Google Street View cars are operated entirely by people, and they have been exempt from the company’s self-driving vehicle program.
If we look back at the program today, we cannot help but wonder what Google’s AI could have learned from the millions of miles driven by humans around the world when they were mapping the globe for Google.
It appears that the Subaru Impreza hatchback was being driven by a female member of the Google Street View Team, and that she was not injured in the accident.
While the photo of the crashed compact car is not a close-up, we cannot see if the airbags were deployed. However, it is evident that the vehicle will need a new front bumper, a radiator, a new front grille, and multiple minor bits and bobs to keep it together.
Another vehicle is not visible in the picture, so it is unclear who is responsible for the accident. It is evident that the impact happened in an intersection, which means that this Impreza t-boned another car, but the guilty party cannot be identified without viewing multiple images of both cars, along with a detailed sketch of the scene and photos of the intersection.
Another fortunate fact about this accident is that nobody was injured, and the impact is considered as a minor one by local police officers.
Even if two vehicles were damaged, it is always nice to find out that the impact injured no humans or animals. Always remember - a car or a phone can be replaced, while humans and animals cannot.
As you probably know, Google Street View cars are operated entirely by people, and they have been exempt from the company’s self-driving vehicle program.
If we look back at the program today, we cannot help but wonder what Google’s AI could have learned from the millions of miles driven by humans around the world when they were mapping the globe for Google.
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