From next year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will determine how much responsibility the system should take in the event of an unforeseen situation such as a sudden jump of a pedestrian toward the realization of autonomous driving that entrusts all operations of the car to the computer system. The policy is to start full-scale examination.
Automatic operation is divided into five stages by the progress of technology, but has been put to practical use "level 3" to perform under certain conditions such as high-speed road is now in a traffic jam, the government place to prospect for 2025 We are aiming to realize "Level 4" that operates completely automatically after limiting such factors.
To this end, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to start full-scale examination from next year on how much responsibility the system should take as part of the establishment of safety standards.
Among these, data is analyzed in light of the possibility that an accident could have been avoided if a person was driving when an unexpected situation such as a sudden jump of a pedestrian or a rock fall occurred while the self-driving car was running. To do.
And in terms of system performance, we have decided to define the range in which safety must be guaranteed.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism hopes that the results of the examination will be summarized in guidelines, etc., and will be useful for the technological development of autonomous driving by private companies.