4 driverless cars get into accidents in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES >> Four of the nearly 50 self Nike Air Jordan 4 Suede Shoes Navy Whitean 4 driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies to test them on public roads.Two accidents happened while the cars were in control; in the other two, the person who still must be behind the Air Jordan Outlet wheel was driving, a person Nike Air Jordan 11 Galaxy Shoes White Blue familiar with the accident reports told The Associated Press.Three involved Lexus SUVs that Google Inc. outfitted with sensors and computing power in its aggressive effort to develop driving, a goal the tech giant shares with traditional automakers. The parts supplier Delphi Automotive had the other accident with one of Nike Shox NZ its two test vehicles.Google and Delphi said their cars were not at fault in any accidents, which the companies said were minor.Since September, any accident must be reported to the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The agency said there have been four, but would not comment about fault or anything else, citing California law that collision reports are confidential.The person familiar with the accident reports said the cars were in self driving mode in two of the four accidents, all of which involved speeds of less than 10 mph.Five other companies have testing permits. In response to questions from the AP, all said they had no accidents. 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Cars could be programmed to adjust if they sense a crash coming move a few feet, tighten the seat belts, honk the horn or flash the lights in hope of alerting a distracted driver.A higher priority so far is teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set public and political acceptance of the technology back years, said Raj Rajkumar, a pioneer of the technology with Carnegie Mellon University.In the October accident involving Delphi, the front of its 2014 Audi SQ5 was moderately damaged when, as Cheap 454138 002 Bright Blue Black Orange Nike Zoom Hyperdunk Low it waited Nike Air Jordan 4 Suede Shoes Navyan 4 to make a left turn, another car broadsided it, according to an accident report the company shared Nike Jordan Hydro 2 with AP. The car was not in self driving mode, Delphi spokeswoman Kristen Kinley said.Google, which has 23 Lexus SUVs, would not discuss its three accidents in detail.The 2015 Nike Free 5.0 accidents are not Google first: In a briefing with reporters a year ago, the leader of Google self driving car program acknowledged three others between when the company first sent cars onto public roads six years ago without Nike 6.0 Mavrk Mid 2 Skate Shoes White Blue the state official permission and May 2014.In a written statement, Google said that since September, cars driving on streets near its headquarters in Mountain View Cheap 616175-700 Nike LeBron 11 Black Moon Silver Shoes South Beach Custom had handful of minor fender benders, light damage, no injuries, so far caused by human error and inattention. said that while safety is paramount some accidents can be expected, given that its cars have gone equivalent of over 15 years of typical human driving since fall. That would be approximately 140,000 miles. Google said its cars have gone over 700,000 miles in self driving mode since Cheap 579743-640 Nike LeBron ST II Red Grey they first hit the road in 2009.The national rate for reported crashes is about 0.3 per 100,000 miles driven, according to Nike Air Jordan 11 Retro Shoes White Red data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.In that context, Google three in about 140,000 miles may seem high.Three other states have passed laws welcoming self driving cars onto their roads. Regulators in Nevada, Michigan and Florida said they were not aware of any accidents.As self driving cars proliferate, other issues will arise that human drivers have dealt with for decades, notably who liable for Womens Nike Lunar an accident. Each test car is required to have $5 million insurance.Interest in accidents will remain high, especially if the self driving car is at fault, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who has written extensively on the technology.