Chapter 122: The Stir Over Intelligent Driving

The stir caused by the Xiaozhi Driving System overseas exceeded many people's expectations.

Various overseas car companies launched their respective powers to suppress public opinion, but netizens are not blind; having seen so many videos and data, how could they still be easily deceived?

A tsunami that has already brewed and taken shape is not something that can be blocked by human force.

Not only that, some netizens strongly suggested that their own countries also open up legal policies related to intelligent driving and demanded the introduction of the Xiaozhi Driving System.

Besides the novelty of experiencing intelligent driving, the most important thing is to reduce the accident rate.

After all, in Long Country's massive driving data spanning over five million hours and more than two hundred million kilometers, the reliability of the Xiaozhi Driving System has been fully verified.

It is more reliable than any veteran driver.

It is safer than any driving solution.

If intelligent driving were popularized nationwide, it would certainly reduce the traffic accident rate to a great extent, reduce human deaths and injuries, and reduce property losses.

Such a proposal received strong approval from netizens in many countries and, in the process of spreading like a snowball, stirred up an increasingly large stir.

Unknowingly.

The trend of intelligent driving swept across the world.

It also caused many media outlets to scramble to report on it and led to a large amount of related discussion.

The conservative view, of course, is that the Xiaozhi Driving System could potentially affect national security.

If all cars in the country were equipped with the Xiaozhi Driving System, this would mean that Tianqi Equipment Company could freely control all these cars, which is a huge security risk for any country.

Even without considering such major strategic issues, from the perspective of personal safety alone, some people still feel that programs are not as reliable as humans.

But this argument was quickly refuted by a well-known blogger, leaving them speechless—

"Some people think that programs always have times when they make mistakes, but don't humans?"

"In recent years, as the internet has become more developed, I believe everyone has seen and heard countless traffic accidents, such as drivers suddenly suffering heart attacks or other acute illnesses, or suddenly getting cramps, suddenly being hit by external objects, accidentally losing focus, road rage flaring up and actively hitting others, and so on."

"Even in moments of panic, improper operation makes accidents that were not originally serious become more severe."

"These are all traffic accidents caused actively or passively by the drivers themselves."

"If the driver were replaced by the Xiaozhi Driving System, the vast majority of these accidents could be avoided."

"Besides this, human drivers have many bad driving habits, such as malicious cutting in, driving too fast or too slow, running red lights, etc. These behaviors not only increase the traffic accident rate but also make traffic more congested, affecting commuting efficiency."

"And the Xiaozhi Driving System can avoid these."

"Data shows that since Long Country fully opened up intelligent driving over a month ago, the Xiaozhi Driving System has not had a single instance of traffic violation in over two hundred million kilometers of driving mileage."

"It is both safe and disciplined."

"Of course, some people will still say that even if the safety risk of human driving is higher, they would rather hold their lives in their own hands than hand them over to a cold, unfeeling program."

"Here I want to complain a bit: have these people never sat in a bus, taxi, coach, ship, or airplane?"

"When you are riding in these public transportation vehicles, your life does not seem to be in your own hands either, but in the hands of a complete stranger."

"This complete stranger of a driver—you don't know if they are a bad person, you don't know how their driving level is, you don't know if they have experienced despair, how their mental state is, and you know even less about their physical condition."

"How can you guarantee that this driver is more reliable than the Xiaozhi Driving System?"

"Even when you are not in a car, but walking on the sidewalk as a pedestrian, you don't know if a crazy vehicle will suddenly rush off the road and hit you directly."

"Drunk driving, driving under the influence, desperately preparing to drag others to hell with them—hasn't everyone seen these situations causing car accidents in the news?"

"When it comes to risk, human drivers are riskier, more uncontrollable, and more unpredictable."

"If it were replaced by the Xiaozhi Driving System..."

"Everyone can imagine it: all vehicles on the road moving in an orderly fashion, no reckless cutting in, no speeding, no crawling, no violations, and no traffic accidents. Insurance premiums might also slowly decrease; not only would it save money, but everyone's commuting efficiency would be higher and smoother."

"Whether as a driver or a pedestrian, everyone would be safer in such an environment."

"Therefore, I believe that intelligent driving will inevitably replace human drivers; this not only helps to alleviate traffic congestion in major cities but is also conducive to reducing casualties caused by traffic accidents."

"I suggest that all countries lift restrictions, actively embrace the trend, and welcome the era of intelligent driving!"

The remarks of this well-known blogger quickly spread across the internet, convincing many netizens who were already wavering.

After all, the frequent occurrence of traffic accidents in various countries is indeed a fact that no one can refute, especially for car owners; even if they haven't experienced one, they have basically seen a traffic accident more than once.

And the vast majority of these traffic accidents are caused by drivers' illegal operations.

No one dares to guarantee they will never make a mistake, and even if they don't make mistakes themselves, they cannot guarantee that all other vehicles on the road will behave properly.

Traffic risk is never entirely dependent on oneself.

If the vast majority of drivers were replaced by the Xiaozhi Driving System, safety would be significantly improved by a large margin, both for the car owners themselves and for other participants in road traffic!

One Yingjiang Country netizen said:

"Spending an extra forty or fifty thousand Long Coins to hire a top-tier driver who is on standby at all times, has superb skills, a super stable mental state, and can help me bear all traffic accident losses—this is a great value!"

This netizen's words were recognized by many, and after spreading to Long Country, it made countless Long Country netizens proud.

"Such an excellent driver, you can hire one for a lifetime for only forty or fifty thousand, it is indeed a bargain, but we have an even better bargain—it only costs twenty thousand!"

"Who told you that Xiaozhi is a Long Country product, and your officials charge such high tariffs? You wanted to cheat money, but in the end, didn't it just fall back on you!"

"On the road of intelligent driving, Long Country has already been running for a long time, and you countries haven't even planned to start yet; how pitiful."

The stir on the internet reflected into reality, causing more and more overseas netizens to join the ranks of calling for the opening of intelligent driving.

This was not entirely because the two public relations teams hired by Fu Benjing were so capable.

It was more that they borrowed the momentum of intelligent driving, and coupled with the fact that the Xiaozhi Driving System is indeed excellent enough, that so many people joined the camp supporting intelligent driving and cheered for it.