Honda just announced that the Legend sedan has acquired approval for Level 3 autonomous driving from Japan’s ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism. At launch, it will be among the first, if not the first car in the world that is sanctioned for Level 3 automation on public roads.
The Legend (an Acura RLX rebadge for the JDM) will get a new function called Traffic Jam Pilot, and it’s set to be rolled out by March 2021. The exact parameters have yet to be detailed, but government rules stipulate that the system must not cause any concern that compromises the safety of occupants or other road users. It must also be used under specific driving conditions.
Other precautionary measures include the ability to monitor the driver’s condition, and if the system deems the driver unfit to reassume vehicular control, it must autonomously bring the car to a stop. Honda also has to adopt cyber security measures to prevent hackers from gaining access, and an external sticker indicating that it’s a self-driving car would have to be placed at the rear.
That’s not all. The Japanese government also made it mandatory for Level 3-enabled cars to install a data logger. Its primary function is to automatically record the total time with which the self-driving system is enabled. It can also record the time it takes for a driver to respond to a handover warning, and has enough capacity to store that data for up to six months (or 2,500 times).
Now, the technology that enables Level 3 autonomous driving has been around for a while. You might remember the Audi A8 as being the first, but it was never legally permitted for deployment. The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class also features Level 3 automation via a system called Drive Pilot. However, this is only suitable for use on small sections of German roads.
For a more detailed read on the five levels of autonomous driving, click here.
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In before Honda announced divert from autonomous tech like the given up Mercedes Benz,
And focusing rebadging GM
https://paultan.org/2020/11/05/mercedes-benz-to-divert-from-autonomous-driving-development-redirecting-focus-towards-profit-report/
https://paultan.org/2020/09/04/honda-gm-to-form-new-north-american-alliance-co-develop-platforms-powertrains-improved-economies/
So expensive only up to level 3 meanwhile far cheaper proton x50 reach level 2 like a baws.
Assuming that this car competes with Toyota Crown in Japan and Lexus GS in the US both cars are waayyyy better looking than this…wonder what was on their mind when they created this so called legend…the ugliest in the Acura stable…and if it uses the Honda logo for JDM it is as ugly as its sibling the Accord…what happens to Honda good looks of the 90s…and have you seen the new Jazz…oh my just dont faint please…
What is this ugly thing.
Something more than you can afford pal
my heart stiĺl says Renault symbioz still shows whats the future like with level 4 autonomous drive (still a prototype though).
You know what, this car fully deserves the automation. Because no human would ever want to drive something so horrifically ugly.
Hahahahaha…i ve never had such a good laugh for a long time…not in this pandemic time
why haa honda always copy bmw design.
Arrggghhhh!!!!!
My eyes!!!