Mercedes-Benz: I am responsible for the L3 accident, but if you meet the conditions, I will lose.

“I am fully responsible for a traffic accident when the DRIVE PILOT autopilot system is activated!”

This is the world’s first decision on the attribution of rights and responsibilities for L3 autonomous driving.official commitmentdepot.

But as Mercedes-Benz’s pioneering commitment continues to ferment, the strict restrictions behind DRIVE PILOT also surface:

It can’t be used at night, it can’t be used in rainy and snowy weather, and it can’t be used when the speed exceeds 60 kilometers per hour.

With such harsh conditions of use, can the driver really wait for the opportunity to come to Mercedes-Benz to pay for the promise?

How strict are the operating conditions for the L3 that Mercedes-Benz is responsible for?

Mercedes-Benz DRIVE PILOT automatic driving system, more delicate:

Sunny daylight conditionsIt can be used well, but not at night or in rainy and snowy weather.

at (37 mph)Usable below 60 kmDRIVE PILOT will automatically exit when it is higher than 60 kilometers, and let the driver take over.

It can be used on highways with identification markings, but cannot be used on open urban roads with complex road conditions.

Specific to the highway, it also depends on the score.Centimeter-level high-precision map coveragethe navigation data must be approved by the local government department.

So now, the use of DRIVE PILOT is limited to 8,000 miles (12,800 kilometers) of highways in Germany.

Friends who want to experience the world’s first mass-produced L3 passenger car autonomous driving, forget it.Domestic high-speed is not yet playable.

If any of the above conditions exceed the usage limit of DRIVE PILOT in a real-world scenario, the autopilot system will turn on a red light to remind the driver to take over the vehicle.

The whole process lasts 10 seconds, if the driver is indifferent within 10 seconds, DRIVE PILOT will start the braking process and stop you directly in the lane.

Note that when a traffic accident occurs at this time, Mercedes-Benz does not take the blame.

Combined with the responsibility range given by Mercedes-Benz, if you want to experience the world’s first L3-level mass-produced autonomous driving, it can only be in this scenario:

On a sunny and sunny day, you are driving forward happily on the highway at a speed of less than 60 kilometers per hour. The road conditions are a little bit congested, but you are still moving forward in an orderly manner. The drivers in your company are also of unique quality. Rarely appears…

This ODD (Operational Design Domain) is somewhat harsh, perfect scenarios are rare in reality.

Under these conditions, Mercedes-Benz is naturally responsible. After all, there are too few applicable conditions, and under these rules, the possibility of DRIVE PILOT accidents is relatively low.

Imagine this scenario again. It’s fine in Germany, which is a vast area and sparsely populated. If it were placed on the Beijing 3rd Ring Road…

Before turning on the DRIVE PILOT autopilot system, users should think carefully about:

“The lighting conditions are not very good today. Will Mercedes-Benz be held responsible in the event of an accident? What if Mercedes-Benz refuses to take responsibility for using the scene improperly?”

Think about it, let’s start it yourself, at least there is no problem of pulling and bucking when something goes wrong.

So the high probability of the ending is that Mercedes-Benz takes full responsibility for its own L3-level autonomous driving, but the restrictions are too harsh, and users find it troublesome and no one will use it…

What do you think?