News: Regulations
The UK is on the brink of a transportation revolution, with self-driving vehicles potentially becoming a common sight on roads as early as 2026. This ambitious vision is being driven by the recently enacted Automated Vehicles Act 2024, a pivotal piece of legislation designed to establish a...
Dr Nick Reed, a RoadSafe trustee, interviewed by Cars for the Future on Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) Vocabulary .said: '.... that trust was the most important value to the public in their appreciation of automated vehicles and that this trust is encapsulated by four key attributes. AVs...
UNECE's Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles has adopted the draft of a new regulation that defines provisions for the approval of vehicles with Driver Control Assistance Systems (DCAS) and provides minimum safety requirements for vehicles equipped with the Advanced...
The Kings Speech included an announcement that government would introduce an Automoted Vehicles Bill including new legal frameworks to support the safe commercial development of emerging industries, such as self-driving vehicles...'
Self-driving vehicles will make transport safer, more...
Ford has introduced the first hands-off driver assistance system that can be used on motorways.
BlueCruise makes its debut on the Mustang Mach-E and is approved for use on UK roads by the Department for Transport (DfT).
As reported in Fleet News it enables hands-free assisted driving up to...
Source: No One Knows How Safe New Driver-Assistance Systems Really Are
No One Knows How Safe New Driver-Assistance Systems Really Are
Tesla's Autopilot and other automotive safety features are involved in plenty of car crashes. But thanks to spotty data, it's still not clear how many, or...
Changes to The Highway Code will help ensure the first wave of self-driving vehicles are used safely on UK roads.
government sets out changes to The Highway Code to ensure the first self-driving vehicles are introduced safely on UK roads
changes clarify drivers' responsibilities in self-driving...
Source: Wales247.co.uk
The world's first rating system for the safety of autonomous cars is being developed by accident experts in Britain.
Crash testers at Thatcham Research outside Reading have worked with global systems engineers, car makers and the Law Commission to draw up the safety...
The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission (the Law Commissions) have today (26 January 2022) published their joint report, making recommendations for the safe and responsible introduction of self-driving vehicles.
The report recommends introducing a new Automated...
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is developing a new ratings program that evaluates the safeguards that vehicles with partial automation employ to help drivers stay focused on the road.
The safeguards will be rated good, acceptable, marginal or poor. To earn a good rating, systems...
Source: BBC = How driverless cars will change our world
It's a late night in the Metro area of Phoenix, Arizona. Under the artificial glare of street lamps, a car can be seen slowly approaching. Active sensors on the vehicle radiate a low hum. A green and blue 'W' glows from the windscreen,...
Source: European Transport Safety Council
The world's first regulatory standard for Intelligent Speed Assistance technology has been published in the official journal of the European Union , the final legal step before mandatory fitment in new types of vehicle from next July.
ETSC is calling...
Source: European Commission Article: New recommendations for a safe and ethical transition towards driverless mobility
New recommendations for a safe and ethical transition towards driverless mobility
The European Commission has published today a report by an independent group of experts on...
France has become the first European country that adapted its road and traffic regulations to allow the operation of fully-automated vehicles on public rods with the decree that has been published by the French government on 1 July 2021. The decree amends road regulations to authorise testing of...
TERMINOLOGY
3G, 4G, 5G - third, fourth, fifth generation mobile communications networks
ADAS - advanced driver assistance systems
CAM - connected and automated mobility
CAV - connected and automated vehicle
CCAV - UK government Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
V2V, V2I,...
Source: Intelligent Transport
Project Endeavour arrives in Birmingham this week, with the UK's second largest city hosting the next phase of autonomous vehicle trials on public roads.
The trials offer the Project Endeavour partners the opportunity to refine local deployment approaches as well...
Source: Autocar
The UK government is developing legislation to permit autonomous cars to drive on public roads, which will address a range of issues such as insurance, liability and cybersecurity and establish a legal framework to govern driverless vehicles.
Known as the Automated and Electric...
Source: BSI
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New research published by BSI and sponsored by the UK's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) contributes to global conversation on how to assess and ensure the safety of automated vehicles
BSI's CAV Safety Benchmarking report proposes...
Source:
https://www.roadsafe.com/resources/website/?link=governmenttoallowuseofselfdrivingtechonukroadsthisyear&version=current
The Government has confirmed it will legalise the use of 'self-driving' driver assistance systems before the end of the year.
Under the new proposals, drivers of...
The Safety Case Framework: Guidance Edition provides direction for the safe testing and trialing of connected and automated mobility (CAM) in the UK. Authored by HORIBA MIRA, TRL and WMG, and compiled by Zenzic, it aims to help trialling organisations and reviewers save time and money, with a...
Source https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/autonomous-vehicles/uks-cam-think-tank-zenzic-announces-new-code-of-practice-for-self-driving-vehicle-trials.html
Zenzic - the public-private collaboration to promote connected and autonomous mobility (CAM) in the UK - has today announced the...
This week TNB caught up with Dr Richard Porter, Technology and Innovation Director at Zenzic - the organisation at the forefront of the UK's drive to a CAM future - and asked for his thoughts on the subject.
What's the general picture in terms of CAM development across the UK?
Over the last...
This week the EU agreed a provisional deal on new vehicle safety standards for 2022. One of the new requirements is to fit an overridable Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) system as standard. The ISA will support drivers to drive within the speed limit and is part of a package of vehicle safety...
New research shows two thirds of Brits are sceptical about automated driving, and so Bosch is planning to build trust in order to make the UK a leader in automated driving technology. Bosch’s research found that, despite significant progress made in the technology, two third of Brits remain...