Military Technology

Entering November, just when Wu Hao was investing his experience in 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 so many years that the L4-level high-end intelligent driving regulations have been officially released. Before that, the L3-level autonomous driving regulations released in 2009 had been 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, the industry, and the people.

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, the relevant departments invited many companies to participate. As an important technology supplier in the field of intelligent driving technology, Haoyu Technology naturally became one of the formulators. .

The relevant laws and regulations regarding L4-level high-end intelligent driving regulations are actually not easy to formulate because there are many controversial things in them. The first step is to define vehicle liability and compensation issues.

The L3 level has regulations, that is, the driver's hands cannot leave the steering wheel for how long. This also means that in the entire L3 autonomous driving process, the driver is actually involved, so responsibilities can be defined.

However, the L4 level of high-end intelligent driving regulations requires the driver's participation. The vehicle automatically makes independent decisions, and the driver requires any operations. In particular, it relies on the support of road information data that can be updated in real time to realize automatic pickup and return of the vehicle. , automatic formation cruise, automatic obstacle avoidance and other real travel scenarios, etc.

That also means that the driver cannot be completely liberated from driving, and the entire driving process is not controlled by the vehicle's autonomous regression decision-making.

In this way, the entire driving process has nothing to do with the driver. The driver controls the vehicle and also interferes with the driving of the vehicle. In essence, there is no difference between the driver and the passenger.

Yes, yes, autonomous driving technology is a standardized driving technology. Due to regulatory restrictions, all driving logic of autonomous driving technology is in compliance with various regulatory requirements.

This also proves that autonomous driving technology will effectively help drivers reduce the occurrence of car accidents.

All walks of life have been arguing about those issues for several years, and finally after discussions among a few parties, a more feasible solution was proposed.

Therefore, autonomous driving technology will not cause any traffic violations, because those regulations are input into the system and can be overcome unless human intervention occurs.

So in that regard, all parties were also actively looking for solutions, and in the end both parties retreated and compromised in that regard. The first is the car owner. As the owner of the vehicle, the driver has no jurisdiction and supervision rights and therefore bears certain responsibilities.

Secondly, it is not 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 decide between two options, such as avoiding a pedestrian or protecting a passenger, which one should it choose? That requires taking into account many moral factors, such as the value of human life, public interests, social justice, etc., and that requires more detailed and in-depth moral planning and design for the regression of self-driving cars.

And those exist under self-driving vehicles. Unless there is a problem with the self-driving system of that car, or there is a problem with the sensor, misjudgment will occur and lead to an accident.

As for the choice of vehicle driving, it has also been defined in great detail. For example, in line with the principle of emergency and emergency avoidance, when a vehicle encounters a safety hazard, it is necessary to protect the occupants of the vehicle without endangering the lives of other people.

Judging from the fact that the L3 level regulations have been implemented for so few years, the controversy in that area is actually quite large, and there have been no minor controversies.

Yes, that doesn’t mean that L4 level autonomous driving is no problem, that’s the case. In fact, under the L4 level low-level autonomous driving technology, there is no L5 level fully autonomous driving technology.

In this case, once a vehicle accident occurs, who should be held responsible? Is it the owner of the vehicle, the driver, or the car manufacturer, or should the insurance company pay all the claims?

That is actually in line with the logical behavior of real-life drivers. When real-life drivers encounter such problems, most of them focus on protecting themselves from danger.

As for the driver, because the field of vision in the car is relatively limited, there is a blind spot for observation. Coupled with the driver's difficulty in distraction and poor reaction ability, it is very likely to cause an accident.

As a car company, it is definitely due to technical problems that the car company will bear full responsibility. It is definitely a traffic accident caused by technical problems, and the car company will also bear certain responsibilities.

In special circumstances, when the vehicle is started, the system will load and pre-check the entire system and sensors. If there is a problem, the system will promptly remind you.

Coupled with the blessing of on-board sensors, it can sense changes in the surrounding environment in real time and make predictions in advance, thus avoiding many accidents.

In the event of a dangerous choice between other passengers and vehicle occupants, priority should be given to protecting the passengers in the vehicle and minimizing harm to other passengers.

Of course, there will also be problems such as performance degradation caused by obsolete vehicle systems and hardware. Even if that problem can be solved, that aspect of the inspection cannot be included in the vehicle's previous maintenance and annual vehicle inspections. This will not help avoid some problems caused by obsolete vehicle systems and hardware.

Of course, neither the driver nor the car company is responsible for insurance, and compared to special companies, the insurance premiums for cars without self-driving will be lower because they cover self-driving premiums.

First of all, regarding the division of responsibilities for self-driving vehicles, in order to push back the promotion and popularization of self-driving technology, it will not be able to bring together fewer people.

The smallest difference from the L4 level is that the driver is required to cooperate with any operation to achieve all-weather, all-region autonomous driving, and can respond to changes in environmental climate and geographical location. The driver can focus on rest or other work.

And there is no record showing that since before the promulgation of L3 level regulations and fewer and fewer cars are equipped with L3 level autonomous driving technology, the incidence of vehicle accidents across the country has shown a significant increase.

Of course, that matter is still controversial. After all, no matter whether you choose this, there will be no controversy. Regarding that aspect, the interpretation clause is also very vague.

That also means that there will be no driver underneath the vehicle, or the driver is just a backup plan. The entire vehicle is not controlled by an autonomous driving system and cannot achieve autonomous driving in all weather and all-area environments.