However, it also puts a significant amount of weight on what’s expected from autonomous systems, specifically mentioning that the person behind the wheel is not required to pay attention to traffic or concentrate specifically on surrounding traffic.
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Lawmakers in Germany are pushing for new legislation to help deal with driverless auto accidents.
The German ministry of transport has proposed a legislation regarding this aspect. The hardware would record the decisions made by the autopilot functionality, when the driver was under the control of the vehicle, as well as would pinpoint the exact moment when the system requested that the driver takes over.
Reportedly, this proposal, which is now in a draft stage, will be voted on in the coming few months by the German Parliament.
Most of the automakers who have installed autopilot feature in their cars, including Tesla Motors Inc.
The new draft bill proposes the black box to be able to store data about the timing of engagement of the auto-pilot system, the instances when the driver himself drove the vehicle and also about when did the auto pilot system request for a driver intervention. However, customers have been testing the limits of Autopilot functionality, which is still at “Beta” phase. The company’s electric vehicles are in continuous communication with Tesla’s servers. However, Tesla has been adamant that it not going to do any such thing and would rather help educate people more about how the function works.
The self-driving auto is something that we all are fascinated about these days, and the video on Tesla’s autopilot feature surely gave most of us goosebumps.
It benefits just about everyone in the mix to have comprehensive data recorded regarding self-driving cars, since data is the key to improving the systems.
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Already, several major German carmakers, including VW and BMW, are working to bring autonomous, self-driving cars to the market. The Tesla’s “Autopilot” feature, a driver assistance element that allows the vehicle to automatically steer, change lanes and manage speed, was enabled at the time of this tragic accident. Tesla Motors stock now is at $226, up by 2.51% as of 12:14 PM EDT.
