Safety assessment of highly automated and unmanned vehicles

Abstract

Introduction. The current regulatory documents do not enclose the safety assessment requirements for highly automated and unmanned automobile vehicles.

The purpose of the article was to analyze the current necessity of such an assessment. The proposed assessment method was to establish the requirements that must be imposed on highly automated and unmanned vehicles before they were released onto public roads.

Methodology and research methods. To agree on the requirements for the vehicles in Europe together with the UN Regulations attached to the 1958 Agreement, the safety requirements for highly automated and unmanned vehicles were considered both at the international World Forum, and on the regional level of the Eurasian Economic Union in the form of technical regulation “On the safety of wheeled vehicles funds” (TR CU 018/2011), as well as in Russia in the form of the Russian Federation Government decree of November 26, 2018 No. 1415 “On the conduct of an experiment on the pilot operation of highly automated vehicles on public roads”.

Scientific novelty lies in the proposed safety requirements that must be imposed on highly automated and unmanned vehicles before they are released onto public roads.

Practical significance. The results of the study can be used to improve the technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union in the field of automobiles and the development of the Russian Federation national legislative acts in this area.