Now, with the advent of the 5G era, driverless or autonomous driving has begun to penetrate into people's lives. In Shanshan's mind, there is such a concept of unmanned driving: without a driver, a motor vehicle can automatically and safely drive on the road through the system. On this day, Sanshan, who has free time, will go to Guanzhou Island, which is sparsely populated in Guangzhou. At the same time, because I heard that there were already "unmanned" taxis on the island, I personally experienced an "unmanned" taxi when I needed to transfer to the subway.
Guangzhou Island is the Jiang Xindao of the Pearl River Development Zone, covering an area of about 65,438 0.83 square kilometers. It is connected to Guangzhou University Town in the south, Pazhou International Convention and Exhibition Center in the north, cheung chau island across the river in the east and Guangzhou Orchard Ecological Protection Zone in the west. Located in a remote place, surrounded by water, the traffic was inconvenient before the subway was opened. In the past, it was dubbed "Hainan Island in Guangzhou". Today, it is planned as a "biological island". Most of the original residents on the island have been demolished and moved away, and now it has been renamed as "Biological Island". After getting out of the Guangzhou subway station, the time is 10 in the morning 10. The first feeling of the three Shanshan girls here is: how few people there are! From the subway to the road, there are still few people, only occasional vehicles pass by. My destination is the ink garden on the biological island, which happens to be the route that the driverless taxi passes through. Therefore, Shanshan began to try to call a driverless taxi through the downloaded app in advance. This is the first time in my life to call a driverless taxi. If the taxi is successful, it is also the first time to take a driverless taxi, and I can't help but be a little excited.
The process of calling a driverless taxi is roughly the same as that of a network car. After Shanshan opens the APP, the specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Determine the boarding and alighting point: the "boarding point" is automatically located on the APP, which is the exit of Guanzhou subway station where Shanshan is now, and then I enter the "alighting point" Moyuan. At this time, 8.4 yuan is displayed on the APP, and then the number of people getting on the bus is confirmed, and it is stipulated that pets are not allowed. After confirming the number of passengers, you can confirm to call the driverless taxi.
Step 2: Wait for the answer sequence and the arrival of the vehicle: After waiting for the call for more than 5 minutes, I finally got the answer sequence. The APP will prompt the license plate number of the answering vehicle, as well as the distance and arrival time of the answering vehicle. When the vehicle arrives, the mobile phone will receive a short message to the effect that the vehicle has arrived at the boarding point and the vehicle will wait for five minutes. Please get on the bus as soon as possible.
Step 3: Get on the bus and start: When the vehicle arrives, Shanshan first looks at the driver's seat and finds that the seat is not "empty". Later, I learned that the name of the person sitting in the driver's seat is not "driver", but "safety officer", who is responsible for monitoring the safety of the vehicle. I chose the front passenger seat. After I get on the bus and fasten my seat belt, the security officer will confirm the passenger information and remind me not to pat the car. There are two screens on the right side of the front driver's seat, which respectively display information such as road conditions and trips. In addition, if you sit in the back seat, there will be an electronic screen, which can clearly see the speed, vehicle driving, surrounding obstacles, road conditions, destination distance and other information. At this time, the security officer reminded me to press the start button on the screen and the car started.
For the first time in Shanshan's life, the "driverless" taxi started. Before getting on the bus, I paid special attention to the shape of the driverless taxi. In addition to the logo of the driverless car company printed on the body, the biggest difference is that the roof of the car is equipped with radar equipment to realize unmanned (automatic) driving function. During the driving process, the speed is not fast, and the feeling is still smooth and comfortable. Security officials will only have simple and necessary communication with passengers. Shanshan pays special attention to the safety officer's management of vehicles: under the uncomplicated straight road conditions, the safety officer's hands are off the steering wheel, and at this time it is unmanned; When there are other vehicles on the road and the road conditions are complicated, the safety officer takes over the vehicles many times. In the process of marching, three girls in Shanshan saw the security officer brake suddenly, because there was a car coming from behind, and the security officer intervened to prevent the car from changing lanes automatically when there was a car coming from behind. When the security officer no longer takes over the vehicle, the vehicle will return to the automatic driving mode, and there will be automatic English voice prompts. It takes about 10 minutes for the driverless taxi to reach its destination. After getting off the bus, I paid the fare on the APP, and the experience of "driverless taxi" was over.
Shanshan experienced a driverless taxi for the first time, and the whole process was very pleasant. The process of buying a car is similar to buying a car online. Ride smoothly. In the process of driving, the role of the safety officer is quite obvious, and he has taken over the driving of the vehicle for many times. From the experience of this "driverless" taxi, we can feel that the "driverless" technology is still in the testing stage. In order to truly realize "unmanned driving", there are still many practical problems to be solved. For example, the self-driving cars tested now are mainly based on autonomous perception, that is, using different sensors on the car to perceive the environment, so as to make decision control. However, any kind of sensor has limitations and shortcomings, especially in the case of bad weather, how to achieve security? At present, security officers are equipped to take over vehicles, but to achieve real "unmanned driving", there are not only technical needs to be improved, the stability of software and hardware, but also standardized infrastructure and the opening of road rights, which are all problems to be solved in the future.
However, in China, the research of autonomous driving technology has just started, and data accumulation is needed to achieve "unmanned driving" successfully, because the domestic road environment is different from that of foreign countries, and localized data accumulation is an unavoidable problem in the research of autonomous driving technology. From the test in the proving ground to the operation of the unmanned taxi that Shanshan tried to take in the demonstration operation area today, all these will lay the foundation for the real "unmanned" realization in the future. We look forward to the emergence of real "unmanned driving". Although the unmanned vehicle is only in the testing stage now, because of the security officer, the safety is guaranteed, so if there is an opportunity, I will continue to choose unmanned taxis.
So, when you were in Guangzhou, did you take a "driverless" taxi? Passengers who have been there, do you think this taxi is safe? How to treat the "safety officer" in the car? If you have the chance to come to Guangzhou, will you try a "driverless" taxi? Welcome everyone to leave a message to share! This article is a copyright work, and it is strictly forbidden to reprint, reprint or wash the manuscript without the written authorization of Shanshan. If you need to reprint, please contact the author Shanshan, thank you.
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