Webinar Recording: Vehicle Autonomy Levels: Reflections on Safety-Webinar Recording: Vehicle Autonomy Levels: Reflections on Safety

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In the video presented by Dr. Pollin and Dr. Waters from the NTSB, they discussed the safety reflections on different levels of vehicle autonomy, starting with level zero to level five. They provided detailed examples of different crashes involving automated vehicles, highlighting the challenges and risks associated with partial automation and full automation systems. They discussed accidents involving Tesla's autopilot system, collision with a tractor trailer in Mountain View, a pedestrian crash in Tempe, and a minor accident involving a Navia autonomous shuttle. The speakers addressed the risks and challenges faced by first responders in rescuing passengers from automated vehicle crashes and the specific airborne chemical exposures from electric vehicle battery fires. They also touched on the comparison of accidents per miles driven between autonomous and human-driven vehicles and the lessons learned from automation in other modes of transportation like rail and aviation. Overall, they emphasized the importance of transparency in system performance, driver monitoring, and risk management to ensure safety in automated driving systems.

Keywords

vehicle autonomy

NTSB

automated vehicles

Tesla autopilot system

automated vehicle crashes

first responders

electric vehicle battery fires

accidents per miles driven

driver monitoring

risk management