the world's IT and auto giants are
battling it out to develop the vehicles
of the future namely self-driving cars
now many people out there believe they
will be the vehicle of choice in the
coming decades providing they can be
provably safe on the road both the
people in the car and pedestrians as
well Oh Sooyoung reports 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 fans
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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