The National Transport Commission (NTC) is working with government to explore how to safely introduce automated vehicles in Australia. We continue to see advances in AV technology globally, but there are still many safety challenges to address.

The NTC hosted government, industry and OEMs in Melbourne to seek input as they develop a new regulatory framework and national law for AVs. Seeing Machines attended the AV Industry Forum, sharing our research and insights in this space.

Our leading Driver Monitoring System (DMS) technology is underpinned by our extensive Human Factors research. This deep understanding of human behaviour ensures our DMS solutions can help protect drivers in a range of real-world situations. With an increasing demand for assisted driving features in the Automotive market, we’ve collaborated on research focused on semi-autonomous vehicles. This includes understanding how the driver’s behaviour changes when using semi-autonomous vehicles and the context of vehicle takeovers.

Professor Mike Lenné presented to the Forum, sharing insights on current safety systems to support L2 and L3 vehicles, how effective drivers are at taking over driving from automated systems, and views on how other jurisdictions are regulating human interaction with AVs. He also explored potential challenges for safety systems to support higher levels of vehicle automation.

Furthermore, Mike also identified information gaps that require more research to safely introduce automated vehicles in Australia. For example, how humans will share driving tasks with automated systems in Levels 3 and 4.

You can learn more about the NTC’s work on AV regulation on their website.