Synthesis of Autonomous Vehicle Guideline for Public Road-Testing Sustainability

Amirul Ibrahim Abu Bakar, Mohd Azman Abas, Mohd Farid Muhamad Said and Tengku Azrul Tengku Azhar
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Amirul Ibrahim Abu Bakar: Automotive Development Centre, Institute for Vehicle Systems & Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia
Mohd Azman Abas: Automotive Development Centre, Institute for Vehicle Systems & Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia
Mohd Farid Muhamad Said: Automotive Development Centre, Institute for Vehicle Systems & Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia
Tengku Azrul Tengku Azhar: Futurise Sdn Bhd, Block 3710 Persiaran Apec, Cyber 8, Cyberjaya 63000, Selangor, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: Autonomous vehicles have the potential to reduce the risk of accidents as they eliminate the element of human error from driving. Lack of attention, poor judgement, or physical limitations may lead to road incidents. Thus, the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles should be a priority. However, before being publicly available, autonomous vehicles must be tested to ensure their viability and safety by conducting public road testing. Autonomous vehicles have been designed and tested since the early 1900s; however, deployment of fully autonomous vehicles on public roads only started in the 2000s. Numerous countries have developed guidelines for public road testing, but those rules are not uniform, and discrepancies occur between nations. Issues such as vehicular safety, registrations, authority, insurance, cybersecurity, and infrastructures weigh differently in each country. Synthesizing these diverse national regulations into global guidelines would promote the safety and sustainability of autonomous vehicle testing and benefit all parties interested in autonomous vehicles.

Keywords: autonomous vehicle; testing guideline; road testing; road safety; regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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