Enabling safe adoption of automated vehicles through best practice
Understanding how the automated driving system (ADS) of a self-driving car responds when it cannot continue a journey is crucial for preventing critical safety issues when automated vehicles (AVs) hit the road.
Regulations and standards propose that in case of an ADS failure, the AV should automatically reduce speed and stop safely. However, current standards don’t cover the diverse real-world situations AVs face.
With that in mind, we collected insights from representatives of the connected and automated mobility (CAM) network to explore industry needs for a framework for all types of minimal risk manoeuvres (MRMs) and minimal risk conditions (MRCs) and the need to consider the trigger event to help select a minimal risk event (MRX) with the lowest overall risk.
This report, sponsored by the Centre for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), summarizes proposed solutions to key issues identified during engagement with the representatives, along with recommendations for future standards.
The CAM Standards Programme
This report forms part of a broader CAM Standards Programme led by BSI and supported by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV). The programme provides a wide range of free insights, videos, standards, and roadmaps to support and accelerate the safe and secure development, trialling, testing and deployment of automated mobility.
