Googles Patented "Human Flypaper" Idea

Google often boasts about how their self-driving cars have the capability to save lives as they do not crash into things, nevertheless, crashes still do occur and when they do Google has now come up with a backup plan through their patented idea – "human flypaper".

Google has been awarded a patent that suggests positioning a strong, sticky adhesive layer on the hood of Google's autonomous cars. This rather strong and sticky adhesive layer on the hood of the car adheres a pedestrian to the layer during impact, when the car hits a pedestrian or cyclist, thereby preventing the pedestrian from suffering a secondary impact. This essentially means that a pedestrian or cyclist that is hit by one of Google's self-driven cars will happen to find themselves stuck to the cars hood preventing them from being thrown back off the car, hitting the roof of the car, the hard surface of the road or another car (preventing so called "secondary impact"). This secondary impact often