STOCKHOLM, Sept. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Veoneer, Inc.
(NYSE: VNE) and (SSE: VNE SDB), the world's largest pure-play
company focused on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS),
Collaborative and Automated Driving (AD), announced its support to
Thatcham Research, the motor insurers' automotive research center
in the UK, when making the world's first attempt to launch
guidelines that minimize bumps in the road on the journey towards
fully automated driving.
Safety is a prerequisite for creating trust in mobility, and
Veoneer supports Thatcham Research in launching the first
guidelines for safe introduction of Automated Driving Systems.
"There are significant hurdles to ensuring that automated driving
successfully elevates road safety from where it is today," says Ola
Boström, VP Research, Veoneer.
The transition from assisted to Automated Driving, where sensors
and systems play a primary role in what we think of today as the
act of driving, is an area of potential risk. It is in this
transition period, during which functionality is limited and the
driver is required to take back control in certain situations, the
risk of accidents may increase.
The 12 principles in Thatcham Research's guidelines include;
training to ensure that drivers understand the vehicle's automated
functions; geofencing to restrict the automated system to motorway
driving only; and in-vehicle displays to clearly indicate whether
the car or user is responsible for driving at all times. In
addition, the guideline dictates that if the driver does not take
back control when required, the vehicle must be able to assess the
safest minimum-risk maneuver and undertake it according to the
prevailing road conditions. "This should never mean simply
deactivating automation," Veoneer and Thatcham Research agrees.
It is predicted that in 2030, the vast majority of all cars sold
will include advanced technologies that provide collaborative
interaction with the driver, while a fraction of the market will be
fully autonomous cars.
"We are entering a period during which we will see a mix of old
cars, cars with some active safety functionality and fully
autonomous cars, all driving on the same roads. It is crucial that
technologies installed in the first cars with Automated Driving
Systems complement their human counterparts – and they have to
react and communicate not only in a safe way, but also in a way
that humans fully understand," says Ola Boström, VP Research,
Veoneer.
The demonstration film jointly created by Thatcham Research and
Veoneer showcases certain criteria that should be fulfilled for a
safe launch of the next level of automated driving. "These criteria
may deviate between countries and over time, but we fully support
this first attempt to launch guidelines that minimize bumps in the
road on the journey towards fully automated driving. Safety is a
prerequisite for creating trust in mobility."
Veoneer designs and manufactures products and
solutions for active safety, autonomous driving, occupant
protection and brake control. Our purpose is to create trust in
mobility. Founded in 2018, Veoneer builds on a heritage of close to
70 years of automotive safety development. Headquartered in
Stockholm, Sweden, Veoneer has
9,200 employees in 13 countries. In 2018, sales amounted to
$2.2 billion. Veoneer is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange and on the Nasdaq
Stockholm.
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