When I first heard about Google's self-driving cars I was excited. Google weren't the first to experiment with this kind of thing, and technology is evolving, but deep down I always knew it would be hard to trump KITT from Knight Rider, or the DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future. Prius on Prius car love after the jump.
What makes this accident unique is that there was "nobody" behind the wheel when it occurred. Well, sort of.
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