First disaster caused by autonomous driving car… Increasing controversy over safety
[ Ye Jin Soo jinye@ ] | 2018-03-21 11:27:38
Uber, the world`s largest car caller, has hit a pedestrian in a city near Phoenix, US on March 19, raising the issue of safety for autonomous vehicles. In May of 2016, Tesla`s model S, an electric car maker, was driving in an autopilot mode, autopilot, on a US state road in Florida in May 2016, causing a collision with a semi-trailer and a driver`s death. It was the first time a pedestrian had been killed, although there was a traffic accident caused by an autonomous vehicle.
It is pointed out that the timing of commercialization of autonomous driving will be delayed, such as the opinion of the US Congress to strengthen laws and institutional regulations on autonomous driving technology. In the automobile industry, this accident has raised the voices of speeding up technological innovation, such as strengthening the monitoring of autonomous vehicles and pedestrians, and reducing algorithmic errors.
According to US media reports on March 20, a Uber vehicle operated in self-driving mode with a driver sitting in a driver`s seat at Tempe, a nearby Phoenix town, was a 49-year-old female walker who crossed the road at the intersection of Curry Road and Mill Avenue, I hit Elaine Hertzberg. Hertzberg was moved to the hospital but died. The car was heading north on Curry Road and pedestrians were walking on the west side to the outside of the pedestrian crossing, local police said. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Hertzberg was dragging a bike carrying a plastic shopping bag and suddenly walked into the middle of the lane. The exact cause of the accident has yet to be revealed. However, the local press has analyzed that it is possible that autonomous driving cars may have perceived that pedestrianism is not a necessary area when pedestrians cross outside the pedestrian crossing.
Uber is known to be in the mid-level autonomous driving test between level 3 and level 4. Level 3 can be self-propelled under limited conditions such as sunny weather, but the driver needs to be `cautionary`. Step 4 is a step where the driver`s role is almost unnecessary.
Automobile and information technology (IT) industries, which are investing heavily in the market, are keenly aware of the move after the deaths. Competition to develop autonomous vehicles is expected to change the landscape of the automobile industry. General Motors (GM) announced in September that it has completed the world`s first mass production of fully autonomous vehicles. According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Toyota is negotiating a plan to integrate Uber`s autonomous driving technology into its minivan model.
The trolley dilemma surrounding the autonomous car was highlighted again as a hot issue. It is an ethical thinking experiment that means that a broken trolley tram driver must choose whether to operate a line transformer and sacrifice one worker on another track to save five workers working on the track. John Simpson, chief executive of Consumer Watchdog, a consumer group, told USA Today, "We must stop testing on all public roads until the safety of autonomous vehicles is fully demonstrated." This tragedy should not happen again. " In this regard, another autonomous driving expert said, "Autonomous vehicles are still a way to drastically reduce traffic accident deaths." "If a person kills five people in a car accident, it can happen." However, It is argued that in the event of a fatal accident, the research and development of autonomous vehicles will be greatly disturbed if it becomes absolutely unacceptable.
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) recently reported in its report that "The discussion on the insurance system and legal responsibility sharing standards for autonomous vehicle driving accidents has just begun." If there is an accident in the absence of the standard, It is likely that unnecessary disputes and social costs will be wasted. "
Professor Lee, who is a member of the Robotics Ethics and Legal Research Center at Hongik University, recently published a study on the revision of the driver`s license system due to the emergence of autonomous vehicles. He said that the Autonomous Driving System I need to be granted a driver`s license.
By Ye Jin Soo jinye@
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It is pointed out that the timing of commercialization of autonomous driving will be delayed, such as the opinion of the US Congress to strengthen laws and institutional regulations on autonomous driving technology. In the automobile industry, this accident has raised the voices of speeding up technological innovation, such as strengthening the monitoring of autonomous vehicles and pedestrians, and reducing algorithmic errors.
According to US media reports on March 20, a Uber vehicle operated in self-driving mode with a driver sitting in a driver`s seat at Tempe, a nearby Phoenix town, was a 49-year-old female walker who crossed the road at the intersection of Curry Road and Mill Avenue, I hit Elaine Hertzberg. Hertzberg was moved to the hospital but died. The car was heading north on Curry Road and pedestrians were walking on the west side to the outside of the pedestrian crossing, local police said. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Hertzberg was dragging a bike carrying a plastic shopping bag and suddenly walked into the middle of the lane. The exact cause of the accident has yet to be revealed. However, the local press has analyzed that it is possible that autonomous driving cars may have perceived that pedestrianism is not a necessary area when pedestrians cross outside the pedestrian crossing.
Uber is known to be in the mid-level autonomous driving test between level 3 and level 4. Level 3 can be self-propelled under limited conditions such as sunny weather, but the driver needs to be `cautionary`. Step 4 is a step where the driver`s role is almost unnecessary.
Automobile and information technology (IT) industries, which are investing heavily in the market, are keenly aware of the move after the deaths. Competition to develop autonomous vehicles is expected to change the landscape of the automobile industry. General Motors (GM) announced in September that it has completed the world`s first mass production of fully autonomous vehicles. According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Toyota is negotiating a plan to integrate Uber`s autonomous driving technology into its minivan model.
The trolley dilemma surrounding the autonomous car was highlighted again as a hot issue. It is an ethical thinking experiment that means that a broken trolley tram driver must choose whether to operate a line transformer and sacrifice one worker on another track to save five workers working on the track. John Simpson, chief executive of Consumer Watchdog, a consumer group, told USA Today, "We must stop testing on all public roads until the safety of autonomous vehicles is fully demonstrated." This tragedy should not happen again. " In this regard, another autonomous driving expert said, "Autonomous vehicles are still a way to drastically reduce traffic accident deaths." "If a person kills five people in a car accident, it can happen." However, It is argued that in the event of a fatal accident, the research and development of autonomous vehicles will be greatly disturbed if it becomes absolutely unacceptable.
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) recently reported in its report that "The discussion on the insurance system and legal responsibility sharing standards for autonomous vehicle driving accidents has just begun." If there is an accident in the absence of the standard, It is likely that unnecessary disputes and social costs will be wasted. "
Professor Lee, who is a member of the Robotics Ethics and Legal Research Center at Hongik University, recently published a study on the revision of the driver`s license system due to the emergence of autonomous vehicles. He said that the Autonomous Driving System I need to be granted a driver`s license.
By Ye Jin Soo jinye@