Review of Automated Vehicle Technology: Policy and Implementation Implications

Daniel V McGehee; Mark Brewer; Chris Schwarz; Bryant Walk Smith

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Review of Automated Vehicle Technology: Policy and Implementation Implications

Daniel V McGehee, Mark Brewer, Chris Schwarz and Bryant Walk Smith

Iowa Department of Transportation

03/14/2016

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Abstract

The goals of this project were to undergo a systematic review of automated vehicle technologies with a focus on policy implications, methods of implementation, regulation by states, and developments occurring on legal fronts, ultimately creating a set of policy recommendations and questions for further research.This report provides recommendations for the state of Iowa over the next five years:• Encouraging automation by preparing government agencies, infrastructure, leveraging procurement, and advocating for safety mandates• Adjusting long range planning processes by identifying and incorporating a wide range of new automation scenarios• Beginning to analyze and, as necessary, clarify existing law as it apples to automated driving• Auditing existing law• Enforcing existing laws• Ensuring vehicle owners and operators bear the true cost of driving• Embracing flexibility by giving agencies the statutory authority to achieve regulatory goals through different means, allowing them to make small-scale exemptions to statutory regimes and clarifying their enforcement discretion• Thinking locally and preparing publically• Sharing the steps being taken to promote (as well as to anticipate and regulate) automated driving• Instituting public education about automated vehicle technologies

Automated vehicles

self-driving car

policy

Iowa DOT

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Title: Subtitle: Review of Automated Vehicle Technology: Policy and Implementation Implications
Creators: Daniel V McGehee
Mark Brewer
Chris Schwarz
Bryant Walk Smith
Resource Type: Report
Publisher: Iowa Department of Transportation
Number of pages: 41 pages
Grant note: Funding: RB28-015 ; WBS#25-1121-0003-27
Comment: Version 1.0 ; MATC-MU:276 ; Conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.
Language: English
Date published: 03/14/2016
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health; Iowa Technology Institute; Emergency Medicine; Driving Safety Research Institute; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9984475729002771

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