Standards are already being developed on a number of levels that are beginning to address the subject of self-driving cars. These range from provisions concerning the different levels of automation and the terminology (SAE J3016), to advanced driver assistance systems (ISO TC 204/WG 14) for which a number of standards on levels 0 and 1 (e.g. lane departure warning systems (LDW) autonomous cruise control (ACC), automatic paring systems, etc.) have already been published. WG 14 is currently working on standars for level 2, such as partially automated driving within a lane.

ISO TC 22/SC 39 (Road vehicles/Eronomics) is concerned with the human factor in level 3 systems, in consideration of a number of research projects. In ISO TC 204 and CEN TC 278/ETSI IST, substantial work on the subject of networking has been in progress for many years under the headings of „intelligent transport systems“ and „Cooperative systems“.

Eric Wern (DIN NA Automobiltechnik), wern@vda.de