A while since I’ve talked about one of my favorite real-world subjects: autonomous vehicles.

The following article, written by Madison Park and appearing on CNN, is one of those stories that seem to be delivered by the Gods above…

Self-Driving Bus Involved in Accident on its First Day

The bus in question, which is running in Las Vegas, looks like this:

So, based on the story title, one could be forgiven for thinking that the cause of the accident was -slap your forehead- the self-driving bus and its software.

Nope.

What happened, and sorry for giving it all away, was that the driver of a truck who was backing up didn’t see the bus, which had properly stopped, and wound up scrapping its front side.  No one was hurt, the damage was minor, and the driver of the truck was ticketed for failure to notice the car while backing up.

Though one does wonder: If the bus was responsible, who would be ticketed then?!

I kid, I kid.

Still, one can’t help but shake one’s head at stories like this.  The roll out of self-driving vehicles has begun and, naturally, one the first day of use of this particular new service, of course there would be a crash.