Chapter 1457 The Refined and Gentle Driver Aeeis

At first, everything was normal.

The car did have an autopilot option, but it could only be activated after driving onto a public road.

Zhang Yan didn't pay much attention. She drove normally to a public road and then accepted a ride-hailing order.

Then, on the way to pick up the passenger, she turned on the autopilot, her right foot resting on the brake, her hands naturally hanging down on her knees with palms up, less than two centimeters away from the steering wheel, ready to take over the vehicle at any time.

After all, the official statement was that this was only Level 2 autopilot. No one could guarantee how reliable it was.

Although this was a game, not reality, and a car accident would only cost game currency to repair, and killing someone would only mean getting a different avatar, Zhang Yan had developed a habit of zero accidents during the long game.

She tried to avoid all kinds of minor bumps even when racing. How could she crash on city roads? Absolutely not, she couldn't let her lifelong reputation be ruined by this car!

After getting on the road, the situation was relatively normal.

The car drove smoothly according to the navigation route. It stopped at red lights, paid attention to detecting pedestrians when turning right, and was flexible, alert, and safe in overtaking and changing lanes.

Moreover, the car did a better job in navigation than other vehicles in the game.

While retaining the dashboard, the K1 was equipped with a relatively large in-vehicle display screen, which was split into two sections. The left half showed the vehicle's detection of road conditions, including vehicles ahead and pedestrians on the roadside, all displayed in real time; and the right half was the current navigation route, planned very clearly.

Each time the vehicle turned, the steering wheel of the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator would also turn. Zhang Yan didn't need to do anything, just watch the screen and pay attention to the surrounding traffic conditions.

This driving experience made Zhang Yan feel quite magical.

Of course, it may also be because there were relatively few pedestrians and vehicles on this section of the road, and the traffic conditions were not so complicated, so it went relatively smoothly.

The first order was quickly and smoothly completed, and the customer was successfully delivered to the destination.

"This autopilot is a bit powerful, isn't it? Real-world autopilot shouldn't be this advanced yet, right? I've been driving for so long, and I haven't needed to intervene manually even once?"

In fact, Zhang Yan was ready to take over at any time, but the actual autopilot experience of this car was a bit beyond her imagination.

"No wonder everyone says this car's autopilot is a bit outrageous. But this isn't its limit, I can find a place with more complicated road conditions."

"Hmm... let's go to the Tenda Experience Store in the game and take a look!"

There were several places in the game with particularly high pedestrian and vehicle traffic, and the area near the Tenda Experience Store was one of them. Because there were two large shopping malls, a subway entrance, and the GOG competition venue and the largest Tenda Experience Store in the country.

In the game, although a miniature Jingzhou City was created, key landmarks like this were definitely perfectly displayed.

This time, Zhang Yan didn't take any orders, because taking orders wouldn't necessarily take her to the right place. She just took a trip at her own expense, anyway, this car was electric, and the electricity bill in the game was very cheap.

Soon, Zhang Yan drove the K1, oh no, the K1 drove itself with Zhang Yan, and arrived near the destination according to the navigation.

The road conditions here were indeed complicated, especially when passing several intersections. Pedestrians often wandered on both sides of the road, and even a pedestrian walked forward while playing with his mobile phone, approaching the moving vehicles.

Of course, he didn't do a "ghost peek" to court death, but turned back in time, but the K1 still detected him in time, and while giving the driver a warning, it quickly reduced the speed to avoid an accident.

Although this pedestrian didn't really run in front of the car, Zhang Yan was still scared into a cold sweat.

"This car is also very good at handling complex road conditions, and in some aspects, it's even better than human drivers? This is indeed quite outrageous!"

Zhang Yan completely understood why the barrage was saying how awesome this car was.

Because it completely passed through a very complicated section of road on its own, and no accidents occurred in the mixed traffic. If it could pass, it would pass normally, without crawling slowly like a turtle; if it couldn't pass, it would stop and wait patiently; if a pedestrian suddenly appeared from the side, it could also detect it in time and reduce the speed to avoid danger.

Of course, the car itself sounded a few prompts, reminding the driver to concentrate and suggesting taking over in complex road conditions. But Zhang Yan didn't take over, and the car continued to drive normally.

When encountering some emergency situations, such as a ghost peek, the reaction speed of this car even exceeded that of human drivers. After all, human drivers have blind spots, while the car has cameras and lidar, which can see more clearly.

When the pedestrian on the side of the road was still in Zhang Yan's blind spot, it was already displayed on the in-vehicle display screen, marked in red to remind her to avoid it.

Of course, the autopilot of this car was not perfect either. In Zhang Yan's opinion, it still had some gaps compared to human drivers, especially experienced drivers.

For example, its speed was not very fast. It definitely didn't exceed the speed limit, but sometimes it would reduce the speed a little more in unclear road conditions. It wouldn't be as slow as a turtle, but it was still slower than experienced drivers. As a result, the time to complete the same distance would be longer, but the advantage was that it wouldn't accelerate and decelerate frequently.

You can't experience it in the game, but in reality, this will obviously bring a better riding experience and make it less likely to cause motion sickness.

In addition, its observance of traffic rules was a bit too cautious. Not to mention yielding to oncoming traffic when turning, or yielding to the other party first when meeting, it didn't try to cut in even where it was obviously possible. When someone else cut in, it didn't speed up, but slowed down to let the other party cut in. This resulted in a longer time to pass through some congested sections of road.

But it doesn't seem to be able to blame it, because many of the "time-saving" behaviors of experienced drivers are themselves a kind of uncivilized driving.

Not letting others cut in, or cutting in oneself, can indeed make oneself faster in traffic jams, but the problem is that this will increase the probability of accidents on the one hand, and also play the role of bad money driving out good on the other hand, making urban road traffic more chaotic.

If everyone doesn't cut in, then the road conditions of urban roads will definitely be greatly improved, but if others cut in and you don't, or if you yield when others cut in, then the final result may be that others rush to the front, while you are still stuck in place.

It's like queuing, if everyone cuts in, it's hard to resist not cutting in.

Was Zhang Yan anxious when others cut in? Of course, she was.

I have to say that the cars in the game are quite intelligent, and they have created all kinds of complex road conditions, including those drivers who cut in randomly. Obviously, this is to increase the difficulty for players on the road and maximize the authenticity.

So, when encountering cutting in in the game, many players get angry and directly accelerate forward without yielding, and even overturn it, anyway, the other party is fully responsible.

In reality, they are afraid of car accidents and don't want to repair the car, but they can't control that much in the game, they can't get used to this kind of thing!

But Zhang Yan didn't do that, because she found that the car's Aeeis system would actually comfort her!

"Aeeis decided to yield, after all, he's in a hurry to reincarnate, so he's walking more anxiously."

"The number of times each driver cuts in is the same, whoever uses it up first leaves first. Seeing that he's in such a hurry, he probably doesn't have many left, so Aeeis decided to yield."

"Although he should have yielded to oncoming traffic when turning, he didn't yield to Aeeis, but it doesn't matter, one day his turn will become a side collision or a 25% offset collision."

Zhang Yan was quite angry when she was cut off and robbed of the road, but when she heard Aeeis say this, she immediately stopped being angry and wanted to laugh!

This is a bit like when a driver is driving, it is inevitable that there will be road rage and want to scold the stupid driver, but if the co-driver cleverly complains, the driver's anger will naturally subside quickly.

Aeeis is not the kind of furious scolding, but a kind of elegant sarcasm, the effect is even better.

In addition, the car is actually on autopilot, which gives people the feeling that Aeeis is driving and doing stand-up comedy at the same time, making Zhang Yan feel very interesting.

"This Aeeis voice pack is great! I think every car should install one in the future, which can effectively calm road rage."

"Well, the test is over, it's almost time to go back and continue taking orders."

"I'll drive myself, I haven't driven a family car for a long time, I'll leave the downtown area quickly and take orders to make money."

Zhang Yan lightly tapped the brake pedal to regain control of the vehicle, preparing to drive out of the downtown area.

The logic of autopilot is that lightly tapping the brake or moving the steering wheel is equivalent to taking over, but lightly pressing the accelerator doesn't count, only heavily pressing the accelerator counts.

Although the autopilot of the K1 can also handle complex road conditions, it is too focused on safety after all, and it drives relatively slowly. Taking ride-hailing orders in this place is too slow to make money. It's better to take orders in a place with better road conditions, drive a longer distance, and make money faster.

Moreover, Zhang Yan has been driving on autopilot for so long, and she hasn't had time to test how the performance of this car is.

Step on the gas pedal and go!

Zhang Yan is now a genuine experienced driver. Although she won't bring the track stuff to city roads, she is still very good at the routine operations of experienced drivers, such as cutting in.

Aeeis was still navigating very normally at first, but as she drove, Zhang Yan suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Please keep your distance, you only need one more step on the accelerator to send yourself and the car in front away together."

"Now you are only one emergency brake from the car in front away from a full responsibility rear-end collision. Aeeis believes that you should have a sober assessment of the driving level of human drivers and appropriately lower the standards."