IT and auto giants around the world are
rushing to develop self-driving vehicles
many believe they could dominate the
streets within a few decades but it
seems South Korean developers face some
bumps along the road before they can
reach their full potential
Lucy Jung explains further can Korea
bring us automated car technology up to
speed
that's the question being posed at the
panga autonomous Motor Show showcasing
Korea's self-driving vehicles and
technology we've developed camera and
writer technology which picks up on the
lanes and the surrounding environment as
well as the ability to change lanes make
a u-turn and decide what to do at
crossroads
despite Korea's advanced IT and
infrastructure making the country a good
testbed for self-driving technology
certain restrictions have prevented the
industry from taking off at full speed
while the government aims to
commercialize level-2 self-driving
functions by the year 2020 European
firms have already launched level 3 cars
that can partially steer themselves in
the u.s. sometimes have already been
testing fully autonomous vehicles with
no driver behind the will industry
watchers say action is needed to ensure
Korea does not fall further behind in
other countries they're setting up a new
industrial landscape for services based
on self-driving cars in Korea we don't
even have vehicles that can achieve such
functions yet also governments in such
countries actively support developers
despite small accidents and issues
countries like Germany and the u.s.
allow autonomous vehicles to test drive
on public roads
however in Korea they can only be tested
in select areas with a permit issued by
the Transport Ministry and only if a
driver is on board also there are safety
and regulatory issues that haven't yet
been resolved currently there's no clear
standard on who takes the blame when
there's an accident there's no black box
optimized for automated cars right now
such a system requires data pickup by
numerous sensors that would have to be
recorded analyzed and investigated by
somebody
developers say they face complicated
legal procedures to get approval for new
technologies and they need more support
for the industry to advance was young
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