What boosts Baidu’s efforts is that its autonomous vehicles contain driving maps that are super accurate in determining vehicle positioning. This technology enables the car to detect other vehicles on the road, but one of Baidu’s chief scientists, Andrew Ng, has further plans (and reservations).
Ng recommends a mobile app that allows humans to communicate directly with autonomous vehicles in the case of road closures or construction. Thus, allowing the cars to avoid them. But he feels that the future of autonomous cars is still a ways off.