(CGTN) Beijing gave China’s tech giant Baidu green light to conduct open-road tests for its driverless vehicles, days after the fatal collision between an Uber autonomous vehicle and a pedestrian on March 20.
According to regulations for autonomous
vehicles in Beijing, cars intend to apply for self-driving test license
must have run for a total of 5000 kilometers involving daily training in
closed-door test fields.
They also must have past an ability evaluation
of its level, including knowledge of traffic law, execution of
self-driving capabilities and manual mode switch under emergency.
Before
put on duty, test operators must have not less than 50 hours of
training for taking over control from the autonomous system at any time.
All autonomous vehicles must be evaluated by experts
before employing on streets. With supervision facilities equipped,
autonomous cars are regulated to send back real-time data while being
tested in order to ensure they are at the right location during the
right time.
According to the Beijing Municipal
Commission of Transport, construction of the first closed test site for
autonomous vehicles in the city was completed. With an area of about
1333 acres, the site possesses multiple types of road include urban and
country.
A total of 33 roads, about 105 kilometers in
length, will be opened as the batch for driverless-vehicle testing. For
safety concern, all tests will proceed on roads outside of Beijing’s
Fifth Ring to avoid crowded areas, and conspicuous signs will be
installed on test routes.
Source: CGTN by Guo Meiping
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