Connected and Automated Vehicles
- Publication no: AP-C101-20
- ISBN: 978-0-6487106-2-2
- Published: 2 December 2020
- Edition: 2.0
- Superseded
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These guidelines set out criteria that must be addressed in any application for an automated vehicle trial. Because trials will differ in technology, scale and risk, some criteria may not be relevant to some trials. Trialling organisations must set out how they have addressed each criterion or explain why that criterion is not relevant for their trial.
The national guidelines are intended to promote Australia as a testbed for automated vehicle technology. The guidelines are also intended to help trialling organisations to ensure safety when testing automated vehicle technology on Australian public roads. The guidelines aim to provide clear guidance on matters that should be addressed by trialling organisations as part of the trialling process for both light and heavy automated vehicles.
The guidelines, a joint publication of the National Transport Commission (NTC) and Austroads, were first published in 2017. Since then, trials of automated vehicles have taken place in every Australian state and territory. This second edition of the guidelines published in 2020 followed a review and public consultation undertaken by the NTC.
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Guidelines
- 1.2. Applicability of criteria in the guidelines
- 1.3. Purpose of the guidelines
- 1.4. Vehicle and driver regulation in Australia
- 1.5. Relevant terminology for these guidelines
- 2. Application of the guidelines
- 2.1. When the national guidelines apply
- 2.2. Trials that require an exemption or permit
- 2.3. Trials that do not require an exemption or permit
- 2.4. Addressing criteria set out in these guidelines
- 2.5. Application to heavy vehicles
- 2.6. Compliance with Australian laws
- 3. Management of trials
- 3.1. Key management criteria
- 4. Insurance
- 4.1. Appropriate insurance
- 5. Safety management plan
- 5.1. Safety management plan
- 5.2. Key safety criteria
- 6. Data and information
- 6.1. Data recording and sharing capability
- 6.2. Provision of data/information for serious incidents
- 6.3. Provision of data/information for other incidents
- 6.4. End-of-trial report to the relevant road transport agency
- 6.5. Commercially sensitive information
- 7. Implementation
- 7.1. Cross-border trials
- 7.2. Existing trials
- 7.3. How trials transition into deployment
- 7.4. Trials or deployment
- 7.5. Commercial and/or passenger services
- 7.6. Vehicle limits for trials
- 7.7. Time limits for trials
- 8. Contacts
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