Self-driving vehicles have been given the green light to operate on Britain’s roads. The incoming legislation was confirmed by HM King Charles III in his opening of Parliament address last week.
The BVRLA’s latest ‘The Inside Track’ podcast episode ‘Is AI shaping how future vehicles drive?’ is with Dr Saber Fallah, Professor of Safe AI and Autonomy at University of Surrey and Director of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Lab (CAV-LAB).
An industry toolkit has been launched to help bring automotive professionals together in their understanding of advance driver assistance features. Such features – including advanced emergency braking, lane keeping assist and adaptive cruise control – are already widely available in new vehicles today, yet there is little consistency in how people understand or interpret what they provide.
Private vehicle travel remains the overriding preference of those in the UK, while members of the public have high excitement levels when trialling current self-driving solutions. That is according to a comprehensive study into how drivers perceive and experience self-driving vehicles.
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) has created a toolkit to support industry messaging as more advanced vehicle technology comes to market. It provides messaging, guidance and materials that will help organisations and their customers understand how different autonomous features function and how they impact the driver experience.
The Transport Select Committee is scrutinising the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles for use on the roads (also known as connected and autonomous vehicles).
In anticipation of vehicles with automated driving functions being introduced to UK roads next year, guidance has been published on how such vehicles should be marketed to ensure drivers understand the features and where intervention may be required.
The BVRLA has responded to the Government’s consultation on the rules on safe use of automated vehicles on British roads ahead of the Automated Lane Keeping Systems consultation, due out later this year.