How Safe Is Safe Enough (Part 1)? Conveying the ADS Safety Case From A Manufacturer's Perspective

Sunday, April 2, 2023

1:30pm – 3:00pm PDT

Location: Room 603

Track Leader(s)

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Kristin Kingsley (she/her/hers)

Consultant
Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Great Falls, VA
Mark Chung

Executive Vice President, Roadway Practice
National Safety Council
Itasca

Moderator/Speaker(s)

Hilary Cain (she/her/hers)

Vice President - Technology, Innovation, and Mobility Policy
Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Washington, DC

Speaker(s)

Edward Straub, DM (he/him/his)

Executive Director
Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium
RC

Ryan Crosby (he/him/his)

Aurora
Eric Jackson, PhD (he/him/his)

Executive Director
Connecticut Transportation Institute
Storrs, CT

Absent a regulatory framework, AV deployment hinges upon defining how safe is safe enough. What percentage of crash scenarios should an AV driver be able to avoid? What about edge cases? NHTSA’s exemption process requires “equivalent safety,” but what does “equivalent safety” look like for non-traditional Automated Vehicles? Learn from the entities who are working to develop standards that can inform future regulation.