Automated vehicle program approach / National Transport Commission.

Mebourne : National Trasnport Commission, 2020.

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Automated vehicles -- Australia.

Law reform Australia.

For this document the Commission investigated the extent of Australia's current laws in relaton to autonomous vehicles and provides recommendations relating to reforming the law. Automated vehicles – sometimes known as autonomous vehicles or “driverless cars” – offer the possibility of fundamentally changing transport and society by improving road safety, mobility, freight productivity and by reducing road congestion. But current laws do not support their use on public roads. We need nationally-consistent reforms that support innovation and safety. This will allow Australians to access the benefits of this technology. Our reform program focuses on achieving national consistency. Our goal is end-to-end regulation to support the safe commercial deployment and operation of automated vehicles at all levels of automation in Australia. The Automated Vehicle Program Approach document outlines our current automated vehicle reform program, including purpose, work completed to date, further planned reforms and interaction with other agencies. This document will be regularly updated as work progresses. We are working on several, parallel reforms to achieve end-to-end regulation for automated vehicles. Transport ministers have already agreed several key policy decisions, including: who is legally in control; the development of a purpose-built national driving law; safety at market entry (first supply). The federal government is currently implementing the agreed first supply recommendations from the Safety assurance system for automated vehicles project. - Publisher's website.

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