Ministry of Transport: Encourage the use of autonomous vehicles such as closed fast bus systems and other scenarios

[Dahecai Cube News] On August 8th, the Ministry of Transport recently organized the "Guide to Autonomous Motor Transport Safety Service (Trial)" (soliciting opinion draft), encouraging the use of autonomous driving cars to engage in cities in a closed fast bus system and other scenarios to engage in cities Public steam (electricity) passenger operation activities, use autonomous cars to engage in taxi passenger operation activities with simple traffic conditions and relatively controllable conditions. Ordinary cargo transportation operation activities. Use self -driving cars to engage in road passenger transport operation activities. The use of self -driving cars is prohibited to engage in road transportation operations of dangerous cargo.

The draft for the solicitation of the comments puts forward specific requirements for transport operators, and shall have the qualifications for road transportation operations for taxi passenger transportation, road transportation, and road passenger transportation operations. The operation of urban public steam (electricity) vehicles shall meet the relevant operating qualification requirements of the national and local urban people's governments.

For vehicle requirements, autonomous vehicles engaged in transportation operations shall meet the requirements of the national and transportation industry's relevant safety technical standards, apply for registered registration of motor vehicles in accordance with the law, and obtain motor vehicle number plates and motor vehicle driving licenses. Autonomous cars engaged in taxi passenger transportation, road transportation, and road passenger transportation operations shall also obtain the corresponding "Online Reservation Taxi Transport Certificate" or "Road Transportation Certificate" in accordance with the law. Autonomous vehicles engaged in urban public steam (electricity) passenger transportation shall also meet the relevant operating qualification requirements of the national and local city people's governments.

Regarding personnel requirements, soliciting comments stated that the conditional autonomous driving and highly autonomous driving cars engaged in transportation operations should be equipped with drivers. Completely autonomous vehicles engaged in transportation operations should be equipped with long -range drivers or safety officers. Drivers and safety officers should pass the training and assessment of the transportation operators, master the instructions for the use of autonomous vehicles, know the risk of the running line of autonomous vehicles, and have emergency response capabilities in emergency conditions. The driver should also meet the management regulations and requirements of employees in the field of transportation and obtain the corresponding qualification certificate.

In addition, in terms of safety guarantee, soliciting opinions requesting the transportation operator should clearly clarify the running lines of autonomous vehicles away from schools, hospitals, large supermarkets and other dense places when formulating the transportation safety guarantee plan; The use of autonomous vehicles should be stopped for transportation operations in accordance with regulations. At the same time, autonomous driving cars engaged in transportation operations should have the vehicle operating status record, storage and transmission function, and timely transmit relevant information to the transport operators and territorial transportation authorities in a timely manner. When a vehicle accident or autonomous driving function fails, it automatically records and stores at least 90 seconds before the incident to at least 30 seconds after the incident. The operating status information includes at least: the changes in the basic information of the vehicle, the changes in the control mode, the remote control instructions received, the operating status, the human -computer interaction, and the image of the inside and outside the car.

Responsible editor: Shi Jian | Audit: Li Zhen | Director: Wan Junwei

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