Automated Vehicle Consortium Releases First Best-Practices Guidelines
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The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium, a group that was founded by SAE, Ford, GM, and Toyota to help develop safety standards related to autonomous cars, has now released its first written best practice for the selection, training, and oversight of autonomous vehicle test drivers.
Automakers around the world are hard at work on developing Level 4 and Level 5 self-driving cars. But while these cars do not need any sort of human input (when they work as intended), a lot of human input is required in the process of developing them — and until now, there weren’t any guidelines explaining what companies involved in building self-driving cars should look for in test drivers.
The AVSC suggests that test drivers should have a minimum of three years of driving experience, and says companies should check their driving records for instances of distracted driving, as well as make them perform a driving test.
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It also recommend a framework for basic driver training that includes interaction training, controlled-environment training, and training for a variety of other skills. And test drivers should takes classes that explore self-driving technologies like ADS sensors, trust calibration, human-machine interfaces, and more.
If you’re tempted to think this is excessive, remember that the AVSC was formed in April in the wake of last year’s deadly crash that involved a self-driving prototype by Uber and a pedestrian. A driver had been at the wheel of the Uber, but he had been distracted.
Several manufacturers and ride-sharing organizations have joined the consortium since its founding, including Daimler, Honda, Lyft, and Uber itself.
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News Source: Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium
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