According to CCTV Finance reports, some unscrupulous businesses took advantage of regulatory loopholes and launched so-called "intelligent driving artifacts" to circumvent vehicle safety monitoring.It not only seriously threatens road traffic safety, but also touches the legal red line and disrupts the healthy development order of the new energy automobile industry.
The reporter did not find such products in offline auto parts stores, but on the e-commerce platform, "intelligent driving artifact" could be found using keywords such as "steering wheel decorative ring" and "universal handlebar cover".
Based on clues, the reporter also found a merchant selling such "smart driving artifacts". According to him, these decorative stickers,In fact, it is a "smart driving artifact" that deceives the vehicle's assisted driving system. The decorative sticker simulates holding the steering wheel to avoid the driver's takeover prompt when using smart driving.
The merchant also said that the development threshold of this product is extremely low and there are many risks in its use. It needs to be reinstalled every time the vehicle is restarted, otherwise the smart driving system may exit midway.
Moreover, they also know that it is against traffic regulations to take hands off the steering wheel when using the "intelligent driving artifact", but they will remind users as long as they are not seen by traffic police or cameras.
In addition, the reporter also discovered a more hidden product-"chip module".
The producer of the "chip module" boasted that the "chip module" is exclusively produced by them and is sold in "Bohai Technology Store", "AP Assisted Driving" and "New Energy Assisted Driving Car Supplies" on a short video social platform store, and can be installed on a variety of models.
The "chip module" can simulate the capacitance data of the steering wheel,Data is sent to the system every few minutes to deceive the driver of the smart driving system into keeping his or her hands on the steering wheel, so that the system does not alarm or remind, and keeps "hands-off driving".
Merchants revealed to reporters that because "chip modules" are illegal products, auto supply stores on the market will not sell "chip modules" and consumers can only buy them in their online stores.
However, some ordinary car repair shops know that they are violating regulations and will seriously endanger the driving safety of vehicles and even the safety of innocent passers-by, but they still provide installation services while abdicating their responsibilities in advance, completely transferring the risk to consumers who install these illegal cheating devices.
