Entering November, just as Wu Hao was devoting his experience to the aerospace and lunar exploration project, a piece of news forced him to put down the work at hand.
After the continuous efforts of relevant departments, car companies and scientific research institutes, the first draft of domestic L4-level intelligent driving regulations has been officially released.
This is the first time in many years that L4-level high-level intelligent driving regulations have been officially released. Before that, the L3-level autonomous driving regulations issued in 2003 were actually used.
In fact, this set of L3 level autonomous driving regulations has been very complete, but after so many years, it has become increasingly unable to keep up with the needs of society, industry, and the public.
Therefore, this set of L4-level high-end intelligent driving regulations was born. Regarding the formulation of this set of regulations, Haoyu Technology is also an important participant. When this set of L4-level high-end intelligent driving regulations was proposed,
Relevant departments have invited many companies to participate, and as an important technology supplier in the field of intelligent driving technology, Haoyu Technology has naturally become one of the formulators.
The relevant regulations on L4 level high-end intelligent driving regulations are actually not easy to formulate, because there are many controversial things. The first is to define vehicle liability and compensation issues.
There are regulations at the L3 level, that is, the driver's hands cannot leave the steering wheel for a long time. This also means that in the entire L3 autonomous driving process, the driver is actually involved, so responsibilities can be defined.
However, L4 level high-end intelligent driving regulations do not require the driver's participation. The vehicle automatically makes independent decisions, and the driver does not need any operation. It generally relies on the support of road information data that can be updated in real time to realize automatic pickup and return of the vehicle.
Real-life travel scenarios such as automatic formation cruising, automatic obstacle avoidance, etc.
This also means that the driver can be completely freed from driving, and the vehicle can make decisions autonomously during the entire driving process.
In this way, the entire driving process has no problems with the driver. The driver does not control the vehicle or interfere with the driving of the vehicle. In essence, he is no different from the passengers.
So once a vehicle accident occurs, who should be held responsible? Is it the vehicle owner, the driver, or the car manufacturer, or should the insurance company pay all the claims?
The second point is about the moral choices faced by self-driving cars at that time. How to make the right decision is also an issue worthy of attention. For example, when a self-driving car needs to make a decision between two options, such as avoiding pedestrians or protecting passengers
, which one should be chosen? This needs to take into account many moral factors, such as the value of human life, public interests, social justice, etc., which requires more detailed and in-depth moral planning and design of self-driving cars.
All walks of life have been quarreling about these issues for several years, and finally, after many discussions, a more feasible solution was proposed.
First of all, regarding the division of responsibilities for autonomous vehicles, in order to promote the promotion and popularization of autonomous driving technology, it can bring together more people.
Therefore, in this regard, all parties are also actively looking for solutions, and finally both parties reached a compromise in this regard. First of all, the car owner, as the owner and driver of the vehicle, has jurisdiction and supervision rights, and therefore bears certain responsibilities.
As a car company, if it is caused by a technical problem, the car company will bear full responsibility. If it is a traffic accident caused by no technical problem, the car company will also have a certain amount of responsibility.
Of course, both the driver and the car company are responsible for insurance, and compared to ordinary companies, the insurance premiums for self-driving cars will be higher because they cover self-driving premiums.
As for the choice of vehicle driving, it has also been defined in great detail. For example, in line with the principle of emergency avoidance, when a vehicle encounters danger, it is necessary to protect the interior of the vehicle without endangering the lives of other people.
Members’ safety.
When encountering other people and vehicle members making safety choices, priority should be given to maintaining the safety of the passengers in the vehicle and minimizing harm to other people.
This is actually in line with the logical behavior of real drivers. When real drivers encounter such problems, they must mostly focus on protecting their own safety.
Of course, this matter is still controversial. After all, no matter which one you choose, there will be controversy. And regarding this aspect, the interpretation clause also makes it very clear.
However, judging from the implementation of L3 level regulations for so many years, the disputes in this area are actually relatively small, and no major disputes have occurred.
And records show that since the promulgation of L3-level regulations and more and more cars equipped with L3-level autonomous driving technology, the incidence of vehicle accidents nationwide has dropped significantly.
This also proves that autonomous driving technology will effectively help drivers reduce the occurrence of car accidents.
Yes, yes, autonomous driving technology is a standardized and standardized driving technology. Due to regulatory restrictions, all driving logic of autonomous driving technology complies with various regulatory requirements.
Therefore, autonomous driving technology will not cause any traffic violations, because these regulations are input into the system and are insurmountable unless human intervention occurs.
Coupled with the support of vehicle-mounted sensors, it can sense changes in the surrounding environment in real time and make early predictions, thereby avoiding many accidents.
As for the driver, because the field of vision in the car is relatively limited, there are blind spots for observation. In addition, drivers are easily distracted and have different reaction abilities, so it is easy to cause accidents.
These do not exist in self-driving vehicles. Unless there is a problem with the car's self-driving system, or there is a problem with the sensor, misjudgment will occur and lead to an accident.
However, under normal circumstances, when the vehicle is started, the system will perform a loading pre-check on the entire system and sensors. If there is a problem, the system will remind you in time.
Of course, there will also be problems such as performance degradation caused by obsolete vehicle systems and hardware. However, this problem can also be solved. Inspection issues in this area can be added to the vehicle's previous maintenance and annual vehicle inspections. This is also
It is helpful to avoid some problems caused by obsolete vehicle systems and hardware.
However, this does not mean that there are no problems with L4 level autonomous driving, that is not the case. In fact, on top of L4 level high-end autonomous driving technology, there is also L5 level fully autonomous driving technology.
The biggest difference from the L4 level is that it does not require the driver to cooperate with any operations, achieving all-weather, all-region autonomous driving, and being able to cope with changes in environmental climate and geographical location. The driver can focus on rest or other work.
This also means that there will no longer be a driver on the vehicle, or the driver is just a backup solution. The entire vehicle is controlled by an automatic driving system, which can realize automatic driving in all weather and all-area environments.