Self-driving car: Baidu begins unmanned testing in a real American city
The true era of self-driving cars begins. The DMV, the California motor vehicle company, has granted the authorization to test self-driving cars, without the driver on board, in the streets of the city of Sunnyvale. in Santa Clara County.
This is a world first because until now self-driving cars had been tested on the road, but with a safety driver behind the wheel. Even if there was confidence, the means were not allowed to go completely on their own. Now, however, in Sunnyvale the Baidu machines will not have this security, they will be on the street completely alone. Obviously there will be safety limits:
- cars will not be able to circulate in areas with a speed limit greater than 45 miles, that is, about 70 miles per hour;
- cars will be able to circulate only in good weather conditions, without rain or poor visibility;
- at least $ 5 million in insurance must be guaranteed;
- it will have to be proven that tests show that cars are able to drive autonomously and the data has to be checked by the traffic department.
Furthermore, Baidu has committed to inform the authorities of any collision that occurs to the cars within 10 days, thus providing realistic information on the efficiency of the same and on the risk percentages.
It appears significant that the AI relating to autonomous driving is tested in the USA, but by a Chinese company. The other tests underway are those done on customers' skin by Tesla, which has inserted autonomous driving telling customers that, in reality, it is not. As if I gave a pen to a writer and told him that it is not needed for writing. The fact remains that China is far more advanced in artificial intelligence than the US, and is pleased to show it right overseas.
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