Since 2009, Google cars have been in 16 crashes, mostly fender-benders, and in every singlecase, the company says, a human was at fault. This includes the rear-ender crash on Aug. 20,and reported this morning by Google. The Google car slowed for a pedestrian, then the Googleemployee manually applied the brakes. The car was hit from behind, sending the employee tothe emergency room for mild whiplash.

自2009年以来，谷歌汽车发生了16次撞车事故，大部分是轻微碰撞。谷歌称，每次碰撞都是人的错，包括公司今天上午通报的发生在8月20日的那起追尾。当时，谷歌的车因为行人放慢了速度，安全驾驶员随后手动刹车。接下来，车子被追尾，导致此人因颈椎轻微受伤而进了急诊室。

Google’s report on the incident adds another twist: While the safety driver did the right thingby applying the brakes, if the autonomous car had been left alone, it might have braked lesshard and traveled closer to the crosswalk, giving the car behind a little more room to stop.Would that have prevented the collision? Google says it’s impossible to say.

谷歌有关这起事故的报告揭示了另一个问题：尽管安全驾驶员启动刹车的行为是正确的，但如果让自动汽车独自行驶，它的刹车力度可能不会那么强，因此会行驶到离人行横道更近的地方，给后车留出稍微多一点的刹车空间。这样能避免撞车吗?谷歌表示无从得知。

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