X PRIZE Day 6: WWU is out after failing the accident avoidance test

Western Washington University is officially out of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition, having been unsuccessful at completing the accident avoidance maneuver during the dynamic safety events Monday, July 26, at Michigan International Speedway.

WWU still will be able to complete the rest of the events, said Eric Leonhardt, director of WWU's Vehicle Research Institute, but is ineligible to win any prize money.

"We've made it incredibly far," Leonhardt said. "My goal was to make it to the end, to the finals, and here we are."

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