The ultimate goal of DAS: "accident-free driving" and "autonomous vehicle operation"

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When we discuss DAS, what is the ultimate evaluation standard? What is the ultimate goal of its development? There are currently two answers, namely "accident-free driving" and "automatic vehicle operation".
The goal of "accident-free driving" is an ideal concept, just like the zero-defect goal of product quality. Of course, there are some examples in nature that are very close to this ideal state. In reality, there may never be 100% accident-free driving. However, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents by using intelligent control technology. "Accident-free driving" is like the concept of asymptotes in mathematics. People can get closer and closer to the goal through hard work, but it is an end point that can never be reached. In some cases, this concept is beneficial and helpful for the future development of products. In fact, if "avoiding accidents" is used instead of "no accidents", the current state of technology has already achieved it.
Another ideal concept is "automatic vehicle operation". That is, after setting the destination and timing, the vehicle will arrive at the destination safely by itself, and then the driver will no longer be needed. In an industrial environment, this goal has been achieved on a test vehicle when the vehicle is running at a lower speed and the road is full of unmanned vehicles. However, in the actual transportation process, it is still very difficult to transmit all the information on the road to the vehicles and then control the road traffic. It will take decades to achieve this. Even on an airplane, the pilot still needs to control the autopilot. Vehicles on the road are very fast and will encounter many accidental accidents. If an accident occurs, an extremely short reaction time is required. Therefore, according to the current technical status, this requirement cannot be achieved.