Autonomous driving test vehicle contact accident Demonstration test to be canceled Aichi Toyota August 26, 21:16
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In the afternoon of 26th in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, when an autonomous driving car was running a test, there was an accident where it contacted a general car that was overtaking from behind. Although there were no injuries, the demonstration test of automatic driving that was scheduled to start from 29th of this month has been cancelled.
According to Toyota City, at around 2:20 pm on the 26th, an ordinary car based on a golf cart developed by Nagoya University on the city street of 1-ki-ki, Toyota-shi, was overtaken from behind. In contact with
There were four people in the self-driving car and one in the passenger car, but there were no injuries.
According to the city, the self-driving car was running on a one-lane road at 14 km / h with the driver releasing his handle, but when the car behind him tried to pass from the right side, For some reason, it automatically moved to the right and touched.
This vehicle will be tested by Toyota City, Nagoya University, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., etc. from 29th this month to investigate the effects on pedestrians and cars, etc. The same 1.3 kilometer course was being tested on the day, but the experiment was canceled due to an accident.
Mr. Taiji Nakagami, Director of Future City Promotion Section, Toyota City, said, “We were very sorry for the people concerned. In the future, after investigating the cause, we will continue to work on safety first. I want to go. "