First Global Rules Adopted for Self-Driving Cars: UN
Manufacturers must prove autonomous systems match human driving and keep safety data, as the rules cover 90 existing UN vehicle regulations.
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New global rules clear road for driverless vehicles
New York: A UN vehicle standards forum has approved the first global regulations for fully autonomous driving systems (ADS), marking a major step towards the safe deployment of self-driving vehicles.The new regulatory framework - adopted on Wednesday by the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations - comes a decade after early predictions of widespread automated driving failed to materialise…
First global rules adopted for self-driving cars: UN
The first global regulations for fully autonomous vehicles were adopted Wednesday, a UN agency said, establishing uniform international safety requirements that could pave the way for larger-scale rollouts of self-driving cars.
Gathered under the auspices of the United Nations, the major automotive markets – from the United States to China, including the European Union, Japan, and the United Kingdom – adopted the first international regulatory framework dedicated to fully automated driving systems. Developed within the framework of a global forum for the harmonization of automotive regulations convened by the Economic Commission for […]
[Geneva, Kyodo] The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29), a UN-affiliated forum for discussing safety and environmental standards for automobiles, announced on the 24th that it has adopted the first comprehensive international regulations on autonomous driving. The aim is to prevent a proliferation of different regulations from country to country and to promote mass production and widespread adoption.
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