This public Deliverable report describes regulatory instruments to test systems like Mediator and provide recommendations for working at European level, within the framework of existing laws and regulations for testing vehicles as levels of automation increase.
The current deliverable is part of the MEDIATOR Impact and Recommendations activities and aims at providing recommendations for working within the framework of existing laws and regulations - as well as adjusting this framework to better reflect the changing functional and logical requirements for vehicle testing as levels of automation increase.
The overall objective of MEDIATOR was to develop an intelligent, self-learning support system, based on in-depth knowledge on human factors, to mediate between human driving and automated driving in the SAE Levels 0 to 4, and have a working prototype ready and validated in a number of simulator and on-road use cases with different user groups. This mediator system will help to realise the potential safety benefits of vehicle automation and therefore to reduce road accidents.
A brief orientation of the Mediator system, what it is, its constituent modules and functions as well as the Mediator key concepts are provided.
This report also contains knowledge and experience gained throughout MEDIATOR’s lifecycle that were collected using a questionnaire that was sent to all MEDIATOR participants, to discover root causes of problems that have occurred in the past and to avoid these problems in later project stages or future projects like MEDIATOR. Recommendations referring to the whole MEDIATOR project, the development of the Mediator system and the driving simulator and on-road tests, are also provided. In addition, a web survey was developed to receive suggestions from external experts about possible recommendations for working within the framework of existing laws and
regulations at European level, as well as at national level. Based on the collected lessons learned and web survey results, a total of 18 recommendations are discussed for potential policy changes that could improve the current regulatory framework: eight are related to driver state detection systems, three are related to HMI design, three are related to vehicle automation, and four are related to validation tests. These recommendations should ensure a better safety transport culture and propose improvements to policy makers for the next generation of higher-level vehicle automation.
MEDIATOR has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 814735.
