Fasten the "rule of law seat belt" for assisted driving
2025-05-29
On congested roads during morning and evening rush hours, activate the intelligent car following system to automatically maintain a safe distance between vehicles; Activate adaptive cruise control during long-distance driving, automatically overtaking and changing lanes in one go; In recent years, intelligent connected vehicles have increasingly entered drivers' daily lives, as automatic parking is activated and vehicles can park and enter the garage on their own. Among them, assisted driving, as an important function of intelligent connected vehicles, effectively improves driving efficiency, convenience, and comfort. However, driving assistance technology also brings many risks and problems. Due to excessive trust in assisted driving, some drivers entrusted their vehicles throughout the journey, ultimately leading to accidents; A rear end collision accident was caused by a delay of 2.3 seconds in the warning system of the assisted driving system, but the car manufacturer claimed that the driver's release time was 8 seconds and demanded exemption from responsibility... These issues inspire us that as algorithms become increasingly involved in driving, we should build a new order of "human-machine collaborative driving" on the track of the rule of law, and fasten the "rule of law seat belt" for assisted driving. Vague marketing promotion can lead to cognitive biases, which is worth being wary of. In reality, some car companies use phrases and words such as "intelligent driving" and "zero takeover" to promote assisted driving in a vague and exaggerated manner, but they are extremely cautious about its functional boundaries and safety operating procedures. On some online platforms and self media accounts, the "hands-free" "evaluation" and "full process hosting" recordings are particularly eye-catching. This can easily lead to cognitive biases among some consumers, resulting in "excessive trust" or even "excessive indulgence" in assisted driving, and even equating assisted driving with "autonomous driving", posing safety hazards to driving. In response to this, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a special safety conference for automobile enterprises, requiring them to "clarify the boundaries of system functions and safety response measures, and not exaggerate or falsely promote", and not use terms such as "autonomous driving", "autonomous driving", "intelligent driving", "advanced intelligent driving", etc. These measures are timely and effective. However, we cannot rely solely on administrative instructions from regulatory authorities. In the future, we should also embed technical parameters into institutional design at the legal level, shifting the rule of law red line from "post correction" to "pre anchoring". For example, it can be considered to clarify the list of prohibited words for promoting "assisted driving", and to clarify the punitive measures for exaggerating propaganda and inducing users; Clearly label technical identification information in areas such as the vehicle's infotainment system interface to visually present functional risks, etc. The "speed gap" between technological advancements and legal norms also urgently needs to be addressed. When an accident occurs when the assisted driving mode is turned on, is it due to defects in vehicle perception and algorithm decision-making, or is it caused by the driver's own operational errors? How to identify the responsible party, determine the principle of attribution, and divide the proportion of responsibility? These have become urgent issues that require legal response. It is necessary to combine different levels and application scenarios of assisted driving, clarify the responsibility boundaries of relevant parties from a legal perspective, refine the responsibility system for "human-machine co driving", and clearly define the responsibilities that car manufacturers, operators, and users should bear in different situations such as normal system operation, faults, and emergencies. Millions of assisted driving, safety is the first priority. Better play the leading, regulating, and guaranteeing role of the rule of law in the application of assisted driving technology, better integrate the spirit of the rule of law into technological applications, not only prevent safety risks caused by "brake failure" in assisted driving, but also avoid "excessive braking" hindering technological innovation and development, in order to move towards a better future of "people-oriented, technology driven". (New Society)
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Source:people.cn
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