Google Patents Sticky Car Hood to Trap Pedestrians in a Collision

[IDemo]

Google has a solution to help mitigate injuries in the event a pedestrian and a self-driving car collide: human flypaper.

In a patent issued this week, the search giant describes a "system for protecting a colliding object from a secondary impact, after an initial impact with a vehicle."

The patent calls for a giant sticker to be placed on the front end of a vehicle, with a special coating over the layer that is only broken when something collides with the vehicle, exposing the adhesive and helping the colliding object to remain on the vehicle.

The idea is to prevent a pedestrian from being thrown after the impact and potentially sustaining even more injuries.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-patents-sticky-car-hood-trap-pedestrians-collision/story?id=39225634

[pinboy3niner]

1. It will also help identify a car fleeing a hit-and-run. :) nt

[Orrex]

2. When they put it on a smart snowmobile, they call it iGloo.

[pinboy3niner]

14. !!!

[Orrex]

3. Thus they adhere to the rules of traffic safety.

[Orrex]

4. Am I the only one who finds this tacky?

[pinboy3niner]

16. The patent reviewer found the proposal fastenating

[pinboy3niner]

18. Congress investigating how it got through Patent Office red tape

[Orrex]

5. Their word is their bond.

[pinboy3niner]

8. And they have many adherents

[Orrex]

6. The headline will read "Accident Caught on Tape"

[pinboy3niner]

23. "Glues at 11"

[Orrex]

7. This is how Google out-paste their competition.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Especially in Kenstucky

[Orrex]

9. And why does the picture show three sperm flying at the victim?

What exactly is the nature of this "adhesive?"

[pinboy3niner]

11. You need to consult an expert...

[Orrex]

12. Buenas Diaz!

[pinboy3niner]

13. Meet the inventors...

[IDemo]

20. When the moment is right, you don't want to waste time taking a pill..

[pinboy3niner]

21. "If the removal of the pedestrian takes 4 hours or more..."

[OriginalGeek]

15. I wanna play

but you guys are really sticking it. I am unnecessary

[pinboy3niner]

17. Tip: Short hood ornament stock, quick!

[pinboy3niner]

19. Paramedics respond...

We're gonna need a bigger bottle of Goo Gone.

[irisblue]

22. ROLF

[intrepidity]

24. Will the Google car then automatically drive to a hospital?

Double duty! Conflict of interest?

[pinboy3niner]

25. It's Elmersmentary, my dear Watson

[pinboy3niner]

26. We may need the Jaws of Life to get Orrex off that hood

And Goo Gone. Lots and lots of Goo Gone. Despite all my entreaties, no one has has yet come up with Orrex Gone.

[pinboy3niner]

27. Luckily, the frivolous alert on this thread was Scotched

The jury vote was 4 for and 3-M against.