“Everyone was shocked when they saw it in detail” Public anger at the driver who trusted the driving assistance and left the driver’s seat alone
There is controversy after a video was posted of a driver leaving the driver's seat empty and relying on driver assistance functions on a domestic highway. These videos and photos are quickly spreading through online communities, sparking outrage from netizens.
The video shows the car driving on the highway with no one in the driver's seat. The driver is believed to have filmed the video from the second row, and the car owner is said to have posted it on his social media.
The vehicle in the video is Hyundai Palisade. Palisade is a vehicle equipped with highway driving assistance specifications, and when the function is activated on automobile roads and highways, the vehicle takes care of acceleration, deceleration, and lane maintenance. However, this function is not an autonomous driving technology, but rather a driving assistance technology.
The owner of the car posted a video and a photo, saying, “The last video was filmed safely,” and added hashtags such as #Chajaengi, #Chajagigram, and #Palisade. However, netizens’ reaction was cold.
Most people ask, “If I get into an accident like that, can I get compensation?” “They say things like this”, “What does it mean to film safely?”, “What’s wrong with filming from the driver’s seat? When I looked at it, I saw it was in operation. I was really crazy.”
The autonomous driving technology of most vehicles currently sold in the domestic market is at level 2. The vehicle assists driving, but the driver must always look ahead and not take his or her hands off the steering wheel. The next level, Level 3, also allows you to take your hands off the steering wheel, but in case of an emergency, the system asks the driver to intervene. In other words, the driver must never leave the driver's seat empty.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor Group was scheduled to introduce the HDP (Highway Driving Assist Pilot) function, a level 3 autonomous driving technology, in the second half of this year, but it was reported that the introduction of mass production was postponed to ensure safety.