Google likes to tout that its self-driving cars are much safer than their human-operated counterparts, and now they want to make them even safer, with sticky sandpaper.
The company has patented a “human sandpaper” that would cover the car roof so that in the case of an accident, the pedestrian would stick to the car instead of hitting the ground.
“The adhesive bonds the pedestrian to the vehicle so that the pedestrian remains with the vehicle until it stops and is not thrown from the vehicle,” the patent reads, “preventing a secondary impact between the pedestrian and the road surface or other object.”
United States Patent and Trademark Office
