The U.S. Highway Insurance and Safety Administration IIHS is working on a new standard for testing the safety performance of semi-autonomous driving, in the same way that crash tests are scored, from the best good to acceptable, marginal, and worst poor. However, DAVID Harkey, president of IIHS, said that there is currently no semi-automatic system developed by the car dealer, which has the necessary conditions to fully meet the good evaluation.
In other words, once the new IIHS standard is on the road, all of the semi-autonomous driving systems of all car manufacturers will not be able to receive the highest ratings, mainly because the current advanced driver assistance systems are still not perfect. IIHS testing standards are reviewed every once in a while, and are mostly stricter than government specifications. The agency believes that for semi-autonomous driving systems to provide sufficient safety, it is necessary to ensure that drivers can concentrate on the situation around the vehicle, rather than using computer systems to compensate for the lack of attention of drivers.
Harkey explained that semi-autonomous driving systems do make long-distance driving easier, but there is no evidence that it is "safer." In fact, if the system does not provide sufficient security, it may even increase the chance of accidents.
Consumer Reports has previously evaluated the monitoring capabilities in advanced driver assistance systems in commercially available vehicles and has come to a similar conclusion. In a survey previously published in Consumer Reports, only Ford and GM passed the agency's scoring criteria. Most of the advanced driver assistance systems on new cars now offer safety features that ensure that the driver is focused and reminded to take over when necessary.
However, IIHS standards are even more stringent, so no car manufacturer can currently meet all the scoring items, including continuous detection of driving line of sight and hand position, multiple warning types to ensure that driving can be paid attention, the system must warn driving when changing lanes, the automatic function cannot be activated without wearing a seat belt, the ACC will not automatically recover when the driving line of sight is not on the road, and the automatic function cannot be activated when the automatic emergency brake is turned off or the lane departure prevention warning cannot be enabled. In addition, IIHS also hopes that the depot can provide a breakdown insurance function, which can reduce the speed of the vehicle in an emergency, turn off the automatic driving function to remind the driver, and notify the depot.
In addition, although IIHS did not name names, it pointed out that some automakers over-advertised the semi-autonomous driving systems provided, and even gave consumers the illusion that they already had fully autonomous driving technology.