Google proposes coating that will keep pedestrians stuck to car after accident

Google has come up with a way to keep pedestrians who are hit by self-driving cars off the road... and stuck to the hood. The company has received a new patent for a protective coating on the car's hood, front bumper and front side panels that would act as flypaper, taking the pedestrian from struck to stuck. Google explains that when pedestrians are struck by cars, injury comes not only from the initial impact with the vehicle - but from the'secondary impact' when they hit the road or another car. The adhesive coating Google has proposed would be covered by another'protective coating' that would shatter from the impact of a collision, including one involving a person or animal. Google has received a new patent for an adhesive coating that would keep pedestrians stuck to the hood like flypaper in the situation they're hit by a self-moving car That would then expose the adhesive coating, which would bond the pedestrian to the vehicle and keep them from'bouncing off' into the street and incoming traffic.