News: Automation Levels
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...
A simulator study shows the presence of a passenger can improve drivers' focus on the road and help them to decide when manual control is needed in self-driving vehicles, but taking back control is still difficult.
Having a front seat passenger in the vehicle was found to aid in giving...
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...
Automated driving offers potential advantages such as heightened road safety and reduced environmental impact. However, the true impact of AD deployment hinges not only on technology adoption but also on user comprehension of its functionalities.
The campaign aims to dispel misconceptions about...
A world where computers operate vehicles instead of humans has long been imagined. In the air, auto-pilots have taken the controls for decades, similarly in rail transport. Recent technological developments mean that there are now roads where vehicles travel with no human at the wheel. Many...
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RoadSafe is delighted to be a media partner for MOVE a world-leading technology show - a specialised and focused event dedicated to safer, smarter and more sustainable mobility. 21-22 June in London.
The show will provide an opportunity to see how many connected safety...
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...
Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/push-for-new-body-to-probe-half-human-vehicle-crashes-20220323-p5a76p.html
Australia should set up a US-style investigation body to examine road incidents involving automated vehicles, two experts say, after a woman who claimed to be driving a Tesla in...
Source: Traffic Technology Today
ServCity, the UK's newest autonomous mobility service research project, has reached an important milestone and begun its testing phase on the streets of London.
ServCity is jointly funded by government and industry, the government's £100m Intelligent...
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: Autonomous Vehicle
Volvo Cars customers in the state of California will be the first to be able to take advantage of its unsupervised autonomous driving feature, Ride Pilot, following the completion of an extensive testing program.
The new feature will enable drivers to free up...
Fleet News reports: The Government is increasingly using the term automated technology rather than full driverless cars when referring to the options for use on public roads, according to Isobel Pastor, head of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) at the Department for...
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: Vanfleetworld UK
The initiative is part of Ford's Self-Driving Research Programme, designed to help businesses understand how autonomous vehicles could benefit their operations. First launched in June to explore the potential impact upon courier services and doorstep deliveries, the DP...
Source: Traffic Technology Today
The European Space Agency (ESA) has confirmed its passenger car platooning project will move into a live trials phase in Q1 2022, in collaboration with European automotive engineering consultancy, Horiba Mira and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)...
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...
SOURCE: Thatcham Research
UK leads development of future independent consumer safety rating scheme
World-first consumer rating to support the safe introduction, adoption and use of Automated Driving Systems on UK roads - starting with Automated Lane Keeping Systems (ALKS)
Project brings...
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: Motherboard Tech by Vice.com
For most people, self-driving cars are not real. They are theoretical devices hyped in the media and by investors hoping to cash in at some future date when the technology matures, a date which continues to be indefinitely postponed.
But for Brian...
Source: SmartCities World publication
CAVs and the data they produce could ultimately become a key part of the wider connected communities.
From drones to AI-driven connected cars running on a wealth of data, CAVs is one of smart cities most exciting areas and something that will form a key...
Source: Autonomous Vehicle Safety
Intellias has released a report on how technology can enhance pedestrian detection to ensure autonomous vehicle safety within populated urban environments.
With urbanization on the rise, cities are experiencing increased car traffic alongside an increasing...
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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...
Source: https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/news/5g-and-mobile-edge-computing-trial-to-improve-safety-for-everyone-sharing-the-road
Honda and Verizon are researching how 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) could help improve safety for connected and autonomous vehicles.In partnership with the...
A type of driverless vehicle designed to reduce traffic congestion has been found to have the opposite effect according to researchers at The University of Western Australia.
The study, published in Science Direct, simulated the course of traffic in a double lane when multiple driverless...
Source: https://www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/news/mobility-solutions/volkswagen-to-accelerate-autonomous-commercial-vehicle-development.html
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) says it is to accelerate its autonomous and electric driving development projects, with Carsten Intra, CEO...
This is the first of four scheduled events during 2021 in which we set to explore the breadth of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) levels of driving automation and associated human factors considerations.
At this event, focused on SAE Level 2 (partial driving automation), we'll be...
Source: Robotics and Automation News.
The category of 'Autonomous vehicles' tops a new list of 12 emerging technologies for 2021 produced by Lux Research.
The research company says that, after a tumultuous 2020, organizations need to 're-examine their outlook on what emerging tech innovations...
Source: The RAC Foundation.
A new study by the University of Nottingham and the RAC Foundation suggests that behavioural training for drivers is paramount for the transition into the next stage of automated vehicles, known as level 3 automation.
A team from the University's Human Factors...
TRL's Smart Mobility Living Lab is hosting a webinar to explore the subject of Virtual Validation of Automated Vehicles: What? How? Why? What next?
It will take place on the 23rd June at 16:00 hours.
Virtual Validation is a method to collect objective evidence of the reliability of the...
Story from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has issued a set of research-based safety recommendations on the design of partially automated driving systems. The guidelines emphasize how to keep drivers focused on the road even as the vehicle...
Story from This is Money.
A self-driving electric Nissan Leaf has navigated itself 230 miles up the country to complete the longest and most complex autonomous journey ever achieved on UK public roads.
The epic landmark drive - from the car giant's engineering centre at Cranfield in...
Story from UK Research and Innovation.
Cars with a single occupant fill the streets of towns and cities in the UK. This leads to congestion and pollution and a lot of frustrating delay.
Many predict that self-driving vehicles could transform urban environments. Autonomous vehicles will travel...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it will investigate the 12th Tesla car crash where Autopilot, its semi-autonomous driver-assist, may have been involved. This one took place Dec. 7 in Norwalk, Connecticut. A 2018 Tesla Model 3 driving Interstate 95 rear-ended a...
Whilst all eyes are focused on Waymo, Tesla, GM (Cruise) and others in the autonomous passenger vehicle market; there is another battle playing out - the adoption of automation within industry which, in several examples, is well ahead of the curve.
Those who have been early adopters, such as...
We are now seeing SAE Level 2 systems at the forefront of current introductions and upgrades from (mainly) upscale car brands. Cadillac Super Cruise, Nissan ProPilot 2.0, and BMW’s x5 Extended Traffic Jam Assistant all explicitly allow hands-off and verify via driver monitoring that the driver...
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) in North America has released the second edition of its Blueprint for Autonomous Urbanism. The document focuses on the near-term policies and decisions that are necessary for autonomous technologies to improve transportation...
The National Transport Commission (NTC) has released two policy papers on the future regulation of automated vehicles (AVs) in Australia. The papers consider the coverage of motor accident injury insurance for AV crashes and government access to Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)...
Issues such as regulatory uncertainty and compliance with safety certification standards will pose a significant challenge to autonomous vehicle (AV) developers, as well as a handful of more immediate concerns around the technology itself. Automakers have poured investment into R&D, but lofty...
Vehicles are getting increasingly sophisticated, with more and more of them able to stay in a lane and maintain a set speed and following distance with minimal driver input. But this kind of automation has limitations that can be tricky for drivers to grasp, and two new IIHS studies highlight...
Research launched today shows that 71% of drivers around the world believe they can purchase a self-driving car right now. The astonishing finding is just one of many worrying perceptions uncovered by the study, which also showed that one in 10 drivers would be tempted to have a nap while using...
