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Britain will allow autonomous vehicles on the road, then we are still far away?

still remember watching the car amazing science fiction movie with a variety of automatic functions issued it? As the car continues to breakthroughs in terms of intelligence, the moment the market has a lot of cars are equipped with a variety of intelligent features, such as the L2 level even L3, L4 level automatic driving assistance systems. Although it is not as good as the movie is so cool, but compared to the last car, in science and technology can be said to have been a qualitative leap. And the technology is still in the exploration and progress, the car will inevitably be more intelligent in the future.

automatic driving assistance systems just mentioned, in recent years can be described as popular word in the automotive industry . Many car firms have also invested huge funds to develop the autopilot, but now, because of the domestic regulatory restrictions, L3 and above grade autopilot is not yet open right of way. The so-called L3 level autopilot means “conditional autopilot”, meaning that driving automation system in its operating conditions designed to continuously implement all dynamic driving task, the driver only in certain special circumstances need to take over vehicle. It can be said, autopilot higher the level, the more the driver does not need to intervene in the vehicle, the driver does not need to even go driving.

It is reported that Britain may soon become the first to allow autonomous vehicles on the road in the country, the current British government working on it for certification, expected to be formally approved autonomous vehicles on the road in the spring of next year. However, the British Ministry of Communications also said that prior to advancing autonomous vehicles on the road, but also through a series of verification measures to ensure road safety. For example autopilot system must be decided by the opening occupants is enabled; when the autopilot system also needs to be stored for long periods vehicle information device to use, convenient traffic violations or accidents occur vehicle; the vehicle must take over the vehicle to operate at the necessary time , authorities can check the driving dynamics of the vehicle at any time.

further important point is that the vehicle further need to provide evidence parameters,The British government in order to determine whether to enable the automatic driving system of the vehicle should be classified as automated cars. This means that when the vehicle is traveling at autopilot impact of road traffic safety violations and appeared on the road, bear responsibility for the autopilot technology provider, rather than the responsibility of the occupants. Based on this proposal, the UK’s existing road safety laws or regulations will be modified. This series of problems will end October 27, when the British government will determine whether to allow autonomous vehicles to 60km h speed / driving on the road, and not higher than 112km / h speed driving on the highway .

Britain is in full swing here to carry out the work of autonomous vehicles on the road, the other side of the country on autopilot vehicle research and development and promotion have also been made for many years. Today, Britain’s autonomous vehicles will probably be the first to hit the road, then the country’s autonomous vehicles away from us far?

[123 ] for now, the country has some of the city part of the area to open the automatic test driving a car on the road. For example Baidu it took joint production with FAW Hongqi in September last year, when the first batch of 45 production level L4 autopilot taxi debut Changsha, and trial operation in the open test section.

In addition, also in September last year, SAIC won the first intelligent network linking Shanghai Automotive demonstration and application license, which is the first intelligent network linking domestic vehicle demonstration license. Open road test with a different license, the license application demonstration enterprises can first demonstration used in urban roads, the exploration of commercial operation of autonomous vehicles. In June this year, and pieces of travel for the first time open to the public autopilot service, users can sign up online by drops of APP, approval will be able to test sections of the autopilot in Shanghai, call free automatic driving vehicle test ride experience.

In August this year, Hainan Province issued “smart Hainan car road test and demonstration application management (tentative)” is based on the national introduction of “intelligent network linking car road test management practices (trial)” for the breakthrough and innovation, as the first country to propose Foreign closed test results recognized, the first provincial highway approaches allow qualified to carry out testing.

Clearly, the country is the rapid development of autonomous vehicles which, but we can also see that all tests are prescribed or road closure to carry out testing of autonomous vehicles, has not been implemented fully open driving on the road. So in addition to the need to continue to improve technically, the autonomous vehicles on the road also what factors the lack of it?

mentioned earlier, if the British autonomous vehicles to the road, then it existing road safety laws or regulations will be modified. By the same token, if the domestic allow autonomous vehicles on the road, then the associated traffic laws and regulations will inevitably change. After the automatic driving car accidents occur on the road, or in violation of traffic laws and regulations, in the end belongs to the technology provider is the responsibility of the passenger car? Alone on this issue, I think it is open to question. In addition, how to punish illegal autonomous vehicles, speed limits, etc. a lot of detail and complex laws and regulations has not yet been introduced.

Moreover, autonomous vehicles of network information security issues are also a very important part. As early as 2015, had hijacked a hacker demonstrated the exercise of freedom of light JEEP remotely over the network, and eventually led to its “roll-over” of the case. The autonomous vehicles contain a large number of on-board sensors, controllers, combined with its intelligent, network-linkedFeature, the network information security threats is bound to try to exclude and perfect, after all, this is related to road traffic safety, as well as occupants and personal information security. Currently in the domestic “car standard system of things”, the automotive information security is only 16, to accelerate the development and dissemination of relevant standards is an urgent task.

[123 ] overall, perhaps after a series of problems to be solved, autonomous vehicles can really come to our side. State and relevant government departments so cautious, it is not difficult to understand. After all, China is a populous country, as of 2019, my country’s total population of 1.4 billion people. And as of June this year, the national vehicle fleet amounted to 360 million, of which car ownership amounted to 270 million. In our daily life can also be personal experience to domestic traffic, as well as the intensity of the way of pedestrians. Should the autonomous vehicles on the road in the country, the security issues which need to get protection. Therefore, the domestic auto driving a car in order to travel on the road is completely open, there is still a way to go. But according to the current development trend, and perhaps from that day is not far off.

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