On February 25, Yangquan City officially issued a pilot license for the commercialization of intelligent and connected vehicle autonomous driving services and a pilot license for the commercialization of unmanned travel services for intelligent and connected vehicles to Baidu "Radish Run", and Yangquan has an autonomous taxi. On the afternoon of the 26th, in the Baidu Apollo Park park of Yangquan Economic and Technological Development Zone, the reporter of this newspaper, as the "chief experience officer of unmanned driving", successfully experienced the "radish run" self-driving taxi under the leadership of the staff.
At the scene of the event, a series of white red flag SUVs were parked on the side of the road, the co-pilot and the rear seat had 3 seats for passengers to choose, and the driver's seat sat a safety officer, who would not actively intervene in any operation of the vehicle under normal circumstances.
The reporter sat in the back row, under the guidance of the staff, clicked on the screen behind the front seat pillow to start the trip, the screen showed the test ride route, the vehicle slowly started to drive to the destination, and the screen began to show real-time road conditions. Waiting for traffic lights, overtaking, paralleling, giving way to pedestrians, anticipating obstacles in advance... The vehicle travels automatically and smoothly, arriving at its destination in a few minutes.
Why does every car have a safety officer? According to the staff, self-driving taxis need to be equipped with safety officers in accordance with the pilot management requirements for the commercialization of local autonomous driving travel services. These security officers are certified after professional training and examinations. Unlike traditional drivers, safety officers only "take over" vehicles in the event of an emergency.
The reporter learned that the "radish fast run" officially launched the commercialization of autonomous driving travel services in Yangquan on February 27, and public users can call a car through the "radish fast run" APP to experience the automatic driving travel service. Self-driving taxis adopt the traditional mileage pricing mode of the taxi industry, and use the "Radish Run" APP to ride, ride and pay, which is convenient and fast. At the beginning of the operation of "Radish Run", 30 stations were set up, and the operation time lasted from 9:00 to 17:00 every day. The operation route takes the government affairs center of Yangquan High-tech Zone as the core, radiates the government affairs gathering area, residential agglomeration area, and high-tech industrial zone, and fully meets the transportation needs of government services, bus connections, work-living commuting and so on in the region.
Reporter Liang Fenglin, Lu Dong, text/photo
【Source: Morning News】