On December 18, Beijing Municipal Communications Commission, Lianhe Municipal Public Security Traffic Management Bureau, Municipal Economic Information Commission and other departments formulated and promulgated the Guiding Opinions (Provisional) on Accelerating the Relevant Work of Road Vehicles for Self-driving Vehicles in Beijing Municipality (Trial) and Beijing Municipal Government Driving Vehicle Road Test Management Regulations (Provisional) "two guiding documents, clearly registered in China's independent legal entities, because of the autopilot-related research, stereotypes test, you can apply for temporary driving on the road.
This is the first time China has put forward a guiding policy for the autonomous driving on the road test. The autonomous driving road will have a law to follow, and insiders said that the incident was of great significance.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Intelligent Network Alliance Electric Vehicle Innovation Center, vice president of Automotive Engineering Research Institute Yin Chengliang told reporters that this is the first domestic standard of automatic driving, with it, the automatic driving test on the road can be a rule By, significant, 'turned out to be sneaky, and now it can be legally compliant.'
China Automotive Technology Research Center, Institute of Automotive Standardization chief engineer Zhou Rong believes that the introduction of local guidance means: Autonomous road test can be conducted under the provisions of conditions, the equivalent of a demonstration run for the automatic driving technology and industry development Is a kind of good.
The promulgation of the guidance document on automatic driving in Beijing really aroused heated discussion - this time, unmanned vehicles are really not far from us.
The two guidance documents released this time, not only the first time for autopilot made the relevant provisions, but also for the first time given the official definition:
Self-driving vehicles refer to vehicles equipped with an autopilot system on a motor vehicle that complies with the "Technical Conditions for Operation Safety of Motor Vehicles" (GB7258).
Autopilot vehicles do not require the driver to perform physical driving operations, autopilot system can guide the vehicle mission and decision-making, and replace the driver to control the vehicle to complete the safe driving. Autopilot including automatic travel function, automatic transmission function, automatic brake function , Automatic monitoring of the surrounding environment functions, automatic lane change function, automatic steering function, automatic signal reminder function, network-linked automatic driving assistance functions.
In addition, the guidance documents provide for testing of vehicles and safety measures on the road:
An independent legal entity registered in China may apply for temporary driving because of autonomous driving related scientific research and stereotypes test.A vehicle applying for road testing must comply with the technical conditions for the safe operation of the national motor vehicle and be provided with both automatic and manual driving modes, Can switch between the two modes at any time; in order to ensure safety, test vehicles in the road test before the test must be conducted in the autonomous driving closed test range of not less than the specified mileage and test environment, the test results identified by the experts, with conditions Before the test on the road, the vehicle belongs to 'manned' state, each car must be equipped with a certain experience of driving experience, familiar with the test driver of the autopilot system.
The test vehicle must also be installed supervisory device, can monitor the driver's driving behavior at any time, the test vehicle will be in the designated area, the specified period of test. The choice of area will be selected less traffic, less traffic, lots of time will be selected Avoid the peak time period, will not have too much impact on normal traffic.
Particularly noteworthy is the fact that both documents also provide for the determination of accident liability:
The main body of the test shall sign the labor contract with the test driver.If an accident or traffic violation occurs during the test of the vehicle and the driver of the test driver is determined to be the driver of the vehicle, the municipal public security department shall handle it in accordance with the provisions of the current road traffic safety laws and regulations The test driver assumes the corresponding legal responsibility.
Test vehicles in the road test in the event of a traffic accident, the test driver should immediately stop the test, while the test body should report to the automatic pilot test management agencies.
Within 24 hours after a traffic accident, the test subject shall report the autopilot data of the prescribed period of time to the autopilot test management institution. Within ten natural days after the accreditation of the accident, the test subject shall submit the accident liability to the autopilot test administration Determine the results, analysis of causes and other related materials.
'National standards for automatic driving have also been in the process of discussion, is expected to be introduced within a certain period of time.' In Yin Chengliang opinion, Beijing is expected to be out of the autopilot test on the road after the test, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, where Relevant policies will be launched one after another.
In fact, the United States autonomy laws are starting from various states one after another, in October this year, the United States, the Senate have approved the first to regulate the United States autopilot Act --ELF-DRIVE Act, which is the United States first automatic driving car The law governing road testing is also the first U.S. federal act to cover autonomous vehicles.
Autonomous driving is undoubtedly the future trend of the development of automobile industry, our country also needs to seize the commanding height of autopilot in the road of development of automobile power .Beijing's introduction of the two guidance documents will undoubtedly become a milestone in the development of China's autopilot industry Baidu driverless car on the 5th Ring Road in Beijing to eat tickets really become history.
The inclusion of driverless guidelines into law will not only better protect traffic safety, but also provide a powerful boost to autonomous driving, and in the future, we will speed up the elaboration and landing of relevant policies and further promote the development of the autonomous driving industry, To achieve the goal of developing autonomous driving technology and by 2025 the system will form an intelligent network-linked car standard system capable of supporting high-level autonomous driving that will ultimately enable a new generation of vehicles to be replaced by people. "