Driverless Cars—A Shift in Risk
An interview with James Anderson
The Levels of Driving Automation
According to the SAE
- Level 0: no automation.
- Example features of level 0 include automatic emergency breaks or lane departure warnings
- Level 1: driver assistance. A level one car must provide either steering or acceleration support to the driver. Most cars manufactured today include level 1 automation.
- Example features of level 1
- Level 2: partial automation. Car can steer, accelerate and brake and requires driver to respond to traffic conditions.
- Examples of level 2 automation includes the Tesla Autopilot.
- Level 3: conditional automation. At level 3, a car can manage most aspects of driving, but driver must be available to take over in certain scenarios.
- Level 4: high automation. At level 4, a car can perform all driving functions under most conditions. Driver option to control the car.
- Level 5: full automation. Car can perform all driving functions under all conditions without driver assistance.
Who is responsible when a driverless car is stolen?
"In the future, when cars can drive themselves, grand theft auto might involve a few keystrokes and a well-placed patch of bad computer code. At that point, who will be liable for the damages caused by a hacker with remote control of a 3,000-pound vehicle? n the future, when cars can drive themselves, grand theft auto might involve a few keystrokes and a well-placed patch of bad computer code. At that point, who will be liable for the damages caused by a hacker with remote control of a 3,000-pound vehicle?" Article by RAND
