A Safety Regulatory Framework for Certification and Authorization Process of Self-Driving Cars: Experience from European Railways

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/esrel2020/pdf/4397.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/esrel2020/pdf/4397.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/978-981-14-8593-0" target="_blank" >10.3850/978-981-14-8593-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A Safety Regulatory Framework for Certification and Authorization Process of Self-Driving Cars: Experience from European Railways

Original language description

Safety improvement represents a key driver in the development of self-driving cars (SDCs). It is currently assumed that safety of SDCs should be approximately at the same level achieved by trains or airplanes. For example, the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS) which oversees train speed and stopping position is compliant with a Tolerable Hazard Rate (THR) of 10-9/h/train. To guarantee this high level of safety, it is necessary to have a clearly defined regulatory framework for certification and safety approval process for SDCs with Automatically Commanded Steering Functions (ACSF). Nevertheless, many car manufacturers are relying on extensive experimental campaigns to demonstrate the achievable level of safety. This paper describes a framework for certification of SDCs based on the experience of the ERTMS authorisation process adopted for train control in Europe and accepted world-wide. This framework is built on a so-called Common Safety Method for Risk Assessment (CSM-RA) that was originally set up for management of significant safety changes in a railway system. Furthermore, the CSM Design Targets are introduced to harmonise safety requirements for SDCs with ACSF. We believe that a synergy between train and car automation leveraging on the safety primacy of the ERTMS and the mass market potential of cars is a stimulus to achieve the highest safety standards at lower costs.

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20202 - Communication engineering and systems

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF17_049%2F0008394" target="_blank" >EF17_049/0008394: Cooperation in Applied Research between the University of Pardubice and companies, in the Field of Positioning, Detection and Simulation Technology for Transport Systems (PosiTrans)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference

ISBN

978-981-14-8593-0

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

3943-3950

Publisher name

Research Publishing Services

Place of publication

Singapore

Event location

Benátky

Event date

Nov 1, 2020

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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