| Title | Review of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for Automated Vehicles : Identifying Potential Barriers and Challenges for the Certification of Automated Vehicles Using Existing FMVSS |
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| Record ID | 57104 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Kim, Anita; Bogard, Dan; Perlman, David; Harrington, Ryan |
| Source | 148p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems; United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publisher | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publication Date | 20160311 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The purpose of this work is to identify instances where the existing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards may pose challenges to the introduction of automated vehicles. It identifies standards requiring further review - both to ensure that existing regulations do not unduly stifle innovation and to help ensure that automated vehicles perform their functions safely. The Volpe team conducted two reviews of the FMVSS: a driver reference scan to identify which standards include an explicit or implicit reference to a human driver and an automated vehicle concepts scan to identify which standards could pose a challenge for a wide range of automated vehicle capabilities and concepts. In summary, the review revealed that there are few barriers for automated vehicles to comply with FMVSS, as long as the vehicle does not significantly diverge from a conventional vehicle design. Yet, automated vehicles that begin to push the boundaries of conventional design (e.g., alternative cabin layouts, omission of manual controls) would be constrained by the current FMVSS or may not fully meet the objectives of the FMVSS. Many standards, as currently written, are based on assumptions of conventional vehicle designs and thus pose challenges for certain design concepts, particularly for ‘driverless’ concepts where human occupants have no way of driving the vehicle. Some constraints, of course, may be warranted; this work does not assess the merits of potential future requirements for such vehicles. |
| Rosap ID | dot:12260 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12260 |
| TRT Terms | Intelligent vehicles; Standards; Motor vehicles; Drivers; Vehicle design; Advanced vehicle control systems; Regulations |
| General Subjects | Automated vehicles; Autonomous vehicles |
| Classification | NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - Federal Standards and Rules; NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - U.S. Code of Federal Regulations; NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - LAWS AND REGULATIONS; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Vehicle Design; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1596832 |
| Contract Number | HW56A1 |
| Report Number | DOT-VNTSC-OSTR-16-03 |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/57000/57100/57104/Review_FMVSS_AV_Scan.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |