How does Dubai's driverless car work? Crown Prince shows the entire journey in a video
Will the future belong to driverless cars? A video of the Crown Prince of Dubai is going viral on social media, in which he is seen experiencing a driverless car amidst afternoon traffic.
If you want to see how fast the world is progressing, you should definitely look at Dubai and China. Driverless cars have already become common in China, and Dubai is also making full preparations for it. This means that the future will be of driverless cars. The question is, how does this car navigate Dubai's traffic, how does it take turns, and how safe is it?
The Crown Prince of Dubai has shared his experience with this driverless car, and his Instagram video has now gone viral.
Dubai's Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum posted a video in which he is seen traveling in a driverless car. As soon as the video surfaced, it became a topic of discussion worldwide. In this video, which is visible on Instagram, he is comfortably sitting in the car seat, while the car is driving itself completely.
Along with the video, he wrote the caption - Hands off, Future on, meaning 'Hands off, let the future move forward.' The Director General of Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is also seen with him in the video.
What does the video show?
At the beginning of the video, the Crown Prince shows the interior of the car. The car is running in fully automatic mode. There are no hands on the steering wheel and no feet on the pedals. During this time, a voice is heard—'Can I take a selfie with you?' The Crown Prince immediately smiles and says, "Yes, absolutely."
This voice is said to be that of Liang Zhang, the Managing Director of Baidu company for the Europe and Middle East region. Baidu is the same company that runs the self-driving service called Apollo Go.
Watch the viral video
According to Khaleej Times, Dubai's RTA has given Baidu's Apollo Go the first license to operate fully autonomous cars on the city's public roads without any safety driver. The company has also established a control center at Dubai Science Park for this project.
The trial is currently underway in selected areas such as Jumeirah and Zabeel. This is the first time Baidu's driverless service is operating outside of China.
