Discussion paper: How safe should automated vehicles be?

Autonomous mobility Tuesday, 12. November 2024 08:45

Automated vehicles (AV) are expected to increase driving comfort and improve traffic flow. By handing over control and driving functions to a sophisticated technical system, they reduce the influence of humans as the direct or indirect cause of serious accidents and critical driving situations. In this way, AVs promise to increase road safety. But how safe is safe enough? The answer must take into account the interaction between differently automated vehicles as well as the protection of the occupants and other road users. As a basis for discussion, the study proposes a quantitative safety target value for AVs in Switzerland.

Authors and experts:

Wolfgang Kröger (Hauptautor, Mitglied der SATW, Leiter der Themenplattform Autonome Mobilität, em. Prof. ETH), Andreas Burgener und Thomas Rücker (auto-schweiz), Bernhard Gerster (Berner Fachhochschule), Stefan Huonder (ASTRA), Thomas Küchler (SOB), Manuel Kugler (SATW), Marco Laumanns (ZFF), Jürg Michel (BLS, ehem. PostAuto), Thomas Probst (Universität Freiburg & SAAM), Reto Schneider (Amstein+Walthert, ehem. SwissRe)

Project management and editing:

Christian Holzner (SATW), Stefan Scheidegger (SATW)