Perspectives and contribution of road operators for facilitating automated driving

3rd EUEIP webinar – Automation and automated driving are key tools to make the zero fatalities target and low carbon emissions reality.
Automated driving is advancing to driverless and self-driving vehicles, in the road environments that enable this by providing the physical and digital infrastructure required by such vehicles.
The road operators are in the best position to foster those infrastructures as well as the traffic management support needed.

How road authorities and operators should now proceed is still unclear, due to many issues.
The technology is fast moving, with regard to sensor technology and software of the automated vehicles, making it difficult to predict what level of infrastructure support is needed by automated vehicles rolled out in 2030 or 2040.
The details of the future automated vehicles’ behaviour, especially in critical situations, where they can not continue automated driving, are not available.
The legal frameworks for driverless vehicles are not yet operational in most countries.
These are only a few of the issues still remaining before the full-scale roll-out of highly automated vehicles as well as investments in the infrastructures to facilitate their operation on open roads.

3rd EUEIP webinar – Automation and automated driving are key tools to make the zero fatalities target and low carbon emissions reality.
Automated driving is advancing to driverless and self-driving vehicles, in the road environments that enable this by providing the physical and digital infrastructure required by such vehicles.
The road operators are in the best position to foster those infrastructures as well as the traffic management support needed.

How road authorities and operators should now proceed is still unclear, due to many issues.
The technology is fast moving, with regard to sensor technology and software of the automated vehicles, making it difficult to predict what level of infrastructure support is needed by automated vehicles rolled out in 2030 or 2040.
The details of the future automated vehicles’ behaviour, especially in critical situations, where they can not continue automated driving, are not available.
The legal frameworks for driverless vehicles are not yet operational in most countries.
These are only a few of the issues still remaining before the full-scale roll-out of highly automated vehicles as well as investments in the infrastructures to facilitate their operation on open roads.