NHTSA Says Safety Won't Take Back Seat to Autonomy

This article, from a special issue on autonomous vehicles, describes recent policy guidelines issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding "highly automated vehicles." These vehicles include those that can monitor the driving environment and can take full control of the driving task in some or all circumstances. The guidance applies to companies that manufacture or help to manufacture highly automated vehicles and aftermarket suppliers of related systems. These are not mandatory regulations, but NHTSA is asking manufacturers to address such issues as data recording and sharing, consumer privacy, crashworthiness, and system safety. The guidelines apply to SAE International levels 3 to 5 of vehicle autonomy, not the current level 2 systems that are available on current vehicles. The guidelines also outline the regulatory tools that NHTSA might use for these vehicles. A 15-point safety assessment outlines expectations for manufacturers as they develop, test and deploy automated vehicle technologies in personal vehicles and ride-sharing services. In conjunction with the new guidelines, NHTSA released a final enforcement bulletin clarifying how it will apply its recall authority to automated vehicle technologies.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.iihs.org/iihs/sr/statusreport/article/51/8/3
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• Publication Date: 2016-11-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Status Report
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  • ISSN: 0018-988X
  • Serial URL: https://www.iihs.org/status-report/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous land vehicles; Crashworthiness; Guidelines; Technological innovations; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01619701
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 2016 4:45PM