Driverless car
Nowadays, driverless car is a really hot topic. Today, the news I am going to talk about is “Baidu driverless car completes test on Beijing roads.” The test was took near the headquarter of the Baidu. Baidu is a tech giant in China. The whole test is 30km. The road include many kinds of the situation. Such as the U turn and sharp turn. The car was controlled by itself. The test is really successful.
Many company are working on the driverless car, such as the Volkswagen, Mercedes and BMW. Most of these companies has already have the technology. But none of them using the technology on the car. There are few reasons. The driverless car is not the same as the other technology. Its liability is about the life of the people. So the technology will not be permitted to use until it fully successful. The law will also not permit the technology because of the previous reason. But there are many pioneers. For example, the Mercedes-Benz. Benz use part of the Driverless technology on their cars. The high end Benz cars has the functions, such as the adaptive cruise. The car will recognize the front car and keep a proper distance. The car can also recognize the line on the highway, and keep the car in the lane. The car can also stop automatic before crash. These technologies are the important parts of the adaptive cruise. If these functions work with the GPS, the car will drive itself.
The driverless technology is really hot now. I hope some day, we use the technology on the road.
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35059938
i have commented on related topics surrounding a driverless car, and still feel as though the car itself will not become the new way of transportation until everyone on the road has a driverless car. I think people will be somewhat nervous in a car the cant control with drivers around them whose actions are unpredictable at times.