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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on November 11 that it designated the world’s first type of level 3 autonomous vehicle for the Honda Giken Kogyo “Legend.”
This time, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is the first in the world to request a self-driving vehicle (level 3) equipped with an automatic operating device, which was requested by Honda, based on the examination of compliance with the safety standard by the Research Institute of Road Safety and Environment of the Japan Automotive Technology Organization. The model was specified.
The “Traffic Jam Pilot” self-operating device mounted on the model-designated self-driving vehicle aims to reduce the driving operation burden of the driver during road traffic congestion, including the preceding vehicle and the surrounding area . A device that monitors traffic conditions, performs driving operations on behalf of the driver, and follows the vehicle ahead while keeping driving in the lane.
The device can be operated within the range of specific conditions (driving environment conditions) given by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism when designating the model, and after operation, if the driving environment conditions are not met. driving or if a fault occurs, an alarm is issued. Since the driver must operate the vehicle, the driver must maintain a situation where he can always drive without overconfidence.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is expected to play an important role in solving various social problems facing Japan, such as reducing traffic accidents, safety of means of transport for the elderly and improving productivity in the field of logistics. The “Public-Private ITS Concept / Roadmap” (determined by the ITS Comprehensive Strategy Headquarters), which is the government-wide strategy for automatic driving, establishes scenarios and objectives related to commercialization and service, including the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The public and private sectors are working together to achieve early realization.
In the roadmap, the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has partially revised the Law on Road Transport Vehicles in May 2019, based on the fact that the target time for the commercialization of automatic road vehicles ( level 3) is around 2020. Based on this, in March 2020, we were the first in the world to formulate safety standards for autonomous vehicles, and we have been developing systems for their early introduction.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will continue to lead the world in the field of automatic driving and will work on the practical application and popularization of automatic driving, which greatly contributes to solving various problems in automobile society. .
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