The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched its Safety of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) Standards programme.
The BSI CAV Standards programme aims to enable and ensure the safe and secure deployment of CAVs in the UK “through a fast-paced standardisation route known as a PAS (Publicly Available Specifications)”.
Four safety-focussed PASs will be published this year.
According to the BSI, its CAV PAS series, which is sponsored by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), will not only provide guidance to CAV developers but also enable the development of public trust.
“A recent CCAV report on public attitudes towards CAVs found that while the public accepts the potential safety benefits of CAVs by reducing human error, fatigue, distraction and drink-driving, they consider safety and security of the technology as of paramount importance,” the BSI said in a statement.
“Reflecting the public attitude, the UK government is also committed to ensuring that the introduction of CAVs for commercial operations or testing/trialling purposes is done both safely and securely, to build public and consumer trust and acceptance of the technology.
“Industry standards have been suggested as key enablers for the development of trust.”
Specifically, PAS 1880 provides guidelines for the design of CAV control systems; PAS 1881 provides requirements for constructing a safety case for a CAV trial and the evidence required for it; PAS 1882 provides requirements for the data recording on a CAV, and lastly PAS 1883 provides requirements for defining the Operational Design Domain, i.e., conditions under which the CAV can operate safely.
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