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Domestic self-driving vehicles run along the lane at a distance from the vehicle in front, but if you do not hold the steering wheel for a certain period of time, an alarm must sound.
The party was caught by making an illegal device that prevented the alarm sound even when the steering wheel was left.
This is TBC Choi Jong-soo.
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This is an electronic device for maintaining autonomous driving that is illegally installed in the rearview mirror of a vehicle equipped with the autonomous driving function.
With this simple-looking device, you can drive for a long time without the warning notification and warning sound that are turned on when you do not hold the steering wheel for more than 15 seconds.
It is an autonomous driving device that is still only an auxiliary means of maintaining the distance between the lane and the vehicle.
Mr. A, a representative of a Daejeon company, found by the Gyeongbuk Police Agency, made about 4,000 electronic devices that disable the safety system of autonomous vehicles and handed them over to distributor B for 600 million won.
Mr. B handed over to 49 auto parts installation companies nationwide through the online mall.
[Jeong Ji-cheon/Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency Transportation Manager: Recently, as the number of drivers driving without holding the steering wheel after installing the illegal autonomous driving maintenance module increases, the risk of traffic accidents increases...
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Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency charged 52 people, including Mr. A and Mr. B, and 50 people who installed illegal devices for violating the Automobile Management Act.
In addition to the illegal electronic devices that were detected, the police said that there are increasing cases of disabling the autonomous driving function by installing water bottles, health weights, and weight bands on the steering wheel, and requested that the autonomous driving function be used only as an auxiliary means.
(Video coverage: Kim Kyung-wook TBC)