Google Wants Pedestrians Hit By Self-Driving Cars to Stick Around… Literally

Google's self-driving vehicles could one day be fitted with a form of adhesive coating on their bonnets to reduce injuries in collisions with pedestrians. The tech giant received a patent Tuesday for a kind of human flypaper that would sit beneath an eggshell-like protective layer on the car's front, the Mercury News reports. "The adhesive layer may be a very sticky material and operate in a manner similar to flypaper, or double-sided duct tape," the patent reads. "The adhesion of the pedestrian to the vehicle may prevent the pedestrian from bouncing off." Google acknowledges that it's not yet possible to guarantee its self-driven cars would not hit pedestrians, according to the News.