Original title: ? To? | The apple drives automatically the car encounters first traffic accident
The heart of the machine reports
Participate in: Li Zena, Zhang Qian
Of malic company drive automatically the car encountered on the quick way around headquarters of its Silicon Valley first traffic accident: In this report that Zhou Wu publishs, apple " passive " announced to people its drive automatically the more detail of the project. Be Ied hope, this accident nobody get hurt.
Tall canal of the apple people what never had discussed this company publicly is automatic drive car plan, but Zhang Xiaolang of the employee before July is suspected of filch trade secret be being arrested by FBI this year the legal file in incident once leaked a few information to us: The stuff that malic company has about 3.7% at present is being participated in drive automatically the research of the project, at least 5000 people are engaged in driving automatically relevant circuit, and " have chip only " the design works. (refer to: Malic Chinese drives automatically the engineer finds new job small roc car eve is arrested by FBI: Trade of filch be pointinged to is secret)
Drive automatically to the apple it is a brand-new domain, but there had been a lot of formidable competitors on this circuit. Include Gu Ge's subordinate Waymo among them, come from the general motors of traditional automobile industry, and resemble Zoox such poineering company.
In California motor-driven bureau of registration of vehicles announced yesterday " involve drive automatically car collision reports " in, we can be informed:
On August 24, the Leikesasi of a subject apple RX 450h drives automatically test car with " drive automatically mode " the Lawrence in California Sunnyvale is fast the road encounters when line Xiang Na trace remaining part, the speed of meantime is less than horary 1 mile. Cause trouble car produces Leaf for a 2016 day, the speed per hour when tracing remaining part is 15 miles about / hour.
The Leikesasi that is patted by media before this RX drives automatically test car, this is a luxurious SUV.
The time of accident happening is afternoon 3 when, weather is sunny. The report says, at that time of the apple drive automatically the car is in and line position decelerate, await the opportunity that safety turns to.
The report expresses at the same time, two cars have loss, but nobody get hurt. The basis superintends the safe practice of the orgnaization to California traffic, human driver must can control what check on open road at present is automatic drive car.
Normally for, the car traces remaining part in motor vehicle after full responsibility is assumed in the accident. But notable is, malic car awaits in the optional stop when bend, is not instantly and line. It is probably when accident happening, drive automatically system made surprise at human driver decision-making, the car after making thereby judges a mistake, trace remaining part then. Do not spend a lot of time, although to the mankind, turn and the line also is not an easy thing.
" a possible explanation is, this car did not act in that way like human driver at that time, " card is able to bear or endure college professor Phil Koopman is opposite Jimeilong this expresses, he to drive automatically Motor Corporation is offerred seek advice. " if their unlike people drives in that way, so people to driving automatically the expectation of car can produce deviation. "
In the report of Reuter, malic spokesman affirms the company already referred an accident to report for this, but reject to have further comment. This spokesman refuses an answer to concern the issue that who this second accident fault just is at the same time.
Accident happening roughly Gu Ge vista of the position pursues.
In a few years when contend for addition to test range into communal road in competitors, the apple is opposite in effort all the time oneself project is confidential. The biggest company shows market prise of this whole world publicly to be returned to the interest that drives automatically first is 2016. In sending the United States to carry a letter of superintendency orgnaization, the apple urges a government sector not to limit the test of car.
Last year, the apple obtained California to drive automatically the car checks licence. Since last year, the apple drives automatically with respect to what check his on the road car, up to now already many 60 car obtains a license. The researchers of this company also are in first of car domain to study positive result publicly at will publishing them last year in November -- one can make the pedestrian detects the software system that becomes more easy (refer to: Eventually! The apple makes public automatic road-sense to study positive result first) .
This year in March, of an Uber drive automatically on the communal road that the car is in city of admire of Arizona state level with barge against of a pedestrian, send its to die. This one incident makes American transportation superintendency department right drive automatically the safe problem of the car is full of misgive, force this company to suspend its driving oneself test activity. Uber alleges will this year the end of the year lets drive automatically the car is new start off.
Bureau of California motor-driven registration of vehicles expresses, up to on August 31, they had been received 95 cases drive automatically traffic accident report. At present already 10 several companies took California to drive automatically the car checks a license, but during the test, there must be driver of safety of a mankind on the car.
Referenced link:
Http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-autos/apple-self-driving-car-in-accident-california-dmv-filing-idUSKCN1LG2X1
Http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/36a7cf14-592c-4197-9226-fa40bb652c62/Apple_082418.pdf? MOD=AJPERES&CVID=
