Google self-driving car crashes were covered up

This is just a sensationalist snippet from the long read from the New Yorker that was on hacker news yesterday. The engineer responsible was fired from Google for forming his own company and eventually went to Uber which was the cause of the massive lawsuit between the two, he's now close to unemployable. Since that incident 4 years ago it's pretty clear a lot has changed -but one thing that hasn't changed is Google's constant misrepresentation of their safety record.

Did Google pay off the Camry driver? If I was pushed into an accident by a car with company decals and a sensor suite on top [1], I&#x27;d definitely include this when reporting the accident. It&#x27;s an incredible story, and I&#x27;m not sure whether I say that in it&#x27;s literal or figurative meaning. (Note that the author of the article is Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer-price winning journalist - so it&#x27;s not just a story posted by some dude on his blog).<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.ytimg.com&#x2F;vi&#x2F;cdgQpa1pUUE&#x2F;maxresdefault.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.ytimg.com&#x2F;vi&#x2F;cdgQpa1pUUE&#x2F;maxresdefault.jpg</a> (This is the type of cars they had in 2012).

How does a man require multiple surgeries to his spine from an accident but the company paying for those surgeries claims the accident isn’t known?<p>That’s about as amazing as Hollywood accounting.

So, does that mean the &quot;spotless safety record&quot; meant &quot;you can&#x27;t <i>find</i> anything about our mistakes&quot;? That doesn&#x27;t sound creepy at all, nonono.

All the tech aside (because I suppose they&#x27;ll kind of get it done sooner or later), what I really want to know on this subject is: who&#x27;s legally responsible in the case of an accident?

This is the worst article i ever read. Its suggestive, and it point to 2014. Its just trying to get viewers.