Recently, Mercedes-Benz announced that when an accident occurs when the driver uses the intelligent pilot system, Mercedes-Benz bears all legal responsibility. Among so many car companies, Mercedes-Benz is the first brand to make a commitment to the ownership of L3 level autonomous driving rights and responsibilities, which shows that Mercedes-Benz is very confident in its own autonomous driving system Drive Pilot, but it is not particularly confident, because the conditions are very harsh.
The Drive Pilot system is a high-level driver assistance system developed by Mercedes-Benz, and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the first model to use this system, and it will certainly be popularized to more models in the future. Although it is the world's first certified L3 automatic driving system, it cannot be automatically driven at all times, the system only supports opening on congested highways with a speed of less than 40 miles per hour (about 64.3 km/h), and it cannot be night and rain and snow, if the highway does not have centimeter-level high-precision map coverage, it cannot be used, and the scope of use is only about 12800 km of highways in Germany.
In fact, from the perspective of various restrictions, the probability that Drive Pilot can be used is not large, after all, who will drive at a speed of 60km/h on the highway? It's also on a German highway that claims to be unlimited speeds. Therefore, Mercedes-Benz's so-called "responsibility for autonomous driving accidents" is just a word game, and there is no substantial help for users.
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