Budget Honda Civic LX with the autopilot on the highway Bashny.Net

While Google continues to bring to mind the technology of unmanned vehicles, other manufacturers implement the basic functionality of the autopilot, even in the entry-level model.

To all appearances, will soon become the majority of new cars will be standard variety of automatic systems for driving assistance (advanced driver assistance systems, ADAS) such as lane keeping assist, automatic braking and adaptive cruise control. There is a proposal at all to make these features mandatory for all cars, for the sake of increasing security.



Honda has just brought to market a cheap Civic LX sedan with ADAS at a price of only $20 440. Her example will soon be followed by others.

General Motors plans this year to update the compact model of the Chevrolet Cruze, is also equipping its intelligent options.



Chevrolet Cruze 2016

Tesla has already implemented a system ADAS in all cars, as does Mercedes-Benz. The appearance of this "autopilot" in cheaper — a significant achievement. The Civic sedan LX camera on the rear-view mirror monitors the road, and the car is driving completely independently, while on the road has a clear layout, observing the distance to the vehicle in front.

Now automakers usually offer a set of ADAS as an option at a cost of $1800, and in the future they may become even cheaper due to government subsidies. For example, in the United States for many years subsidized cars on electricity by providing tax deductions during the purchase. Now the authorities consider that it is reasonable to support not only the environment, but also technologies that do save lives. These are the automatic assistance systems while driving, according to the Wall Street Journal.

March 15, the U.S. Congress held hearings on the question of how to increase the popularity of ADAS systems. For the speeches of the invited representatives of the team from Google X, the company Alphabet, as well as representatives of General Motors.

The death rate from accidents on American roads last year, a sudden spike of 9% (if you increase the total mileage of all vehicles by only 4%), so the security issue is very serious. Causes of accidents — distraction-for smartphones, drunk driving and drowsiness.

In many situations, the retention band and automatic braking could save the lives of drivers, passengers and pedestrians. The problem is most important for the young: according to statistics, 10% of fatal crashes involving drivers 15-19 years occurred due to the fact that the driver was distracted — often, on a mobile phone. The same reason common among drivers 20-30 years. Cheap compact cars Honda and GM with the autopilot is designed just for that audience.

Automatic system for driving assistance more popular among the population than those same cars. Assessment WardsAuto.com last year the number of sold vehicles with ADAS functions has more than doubled in the U.S. market, now there are 7.4 percent among new cars. published

 

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