Automation in transport
Title: Automation in transport
Sub-Title: Leading the UK to a driverless future
Authors: Camilla Fowler
Description: The gap between technology development and automated vehicle deployment has been underestimated and the challenges involved with delivering autonomy have been far greater and more complex than first envisaged. TRL believe that the following activities are key in overcoming these challenges:
Develop a UK regulatory approval system that enables the safe and secure deployment of automated vehicles in the future.
Provide a simple, consistent but robust approach to assuring safety during trials and testing to enable and facilitate trials across all UK locations and environments.
Develop and implement a UK safety monitoring and investigation unit to monitor safety, analyse data, investigate incidents and provide timely feedback and recommended actions.
Enable more advanced trials to be undertaken in the UK where the boundaries of the technology are extended and solutions to the identified challenges are explored without compromising safety.
Accelerate the adoption and safe implementation of automated vehicles for off-highway activities and minimise worker exposure to high risk environments and working practices within the UK and globally.
Publishing date: June 2021
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