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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 88 Section 5: International Activities Internationally, there is also much movement in C/AV/HAV development, policies and laws.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 89 Mexico As of the date this technical memorandum was written, Mexico had not passed any legislation regarding C/AVs/HAVs.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 90 investment to realize the "fourth industrial revolution" that would develop innovations in AI and other advanced technologies, including autonomous vehicles (METI, 2016)
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 91 Summary of Key NTC Proposals for Guidelines for Trials of Automated Vehicles 1.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 92 The NTC also has a series of projects underway that are preparing for more automated road and rail vehicles, including vehicle standards maintenance, load restraint guide maintenance, reviewing assessing fitness to drive, reviewing national standards for health assessments of workers, primary duties for chain of responsibility and executive liability, and land Transport Regulation 2020 (NTC, n.d.)
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 93 throughout the EU are in a roadworthy condition and meet the same safety standards as when they were first registered.211 A number of initiatives are under development to support a harmonized approach by amending international regulations and preventing fragmentation.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 94 such systems shall be designed such that the driver may, at any time and by deliberate action, override the function.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 95 France France, under its "New Industrial France" program, proposed that self-driving cars could be allowed on public roads in 2015.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 96 Minister Dobrindt also announced a basis for future legal guidelines for C/AV/HAVs that would echo Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 97 The minister outlined that the Swedish Transport Agency would be responsible for issuing permits to carry out trials, which would be based on some conditions, including limitations to time and geographic areas.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 98 Swedish Transport Agency, Volvo, Lindholmen Science Park, and the City of Gothenburg, will have 100 vehicles driving autonomously on the city's public roads (Swedish Transport Administration, n.d.)
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 99 • whether the vehicle is operating in manual or automated mode, • vehicle speed, • steering command and activation, • braking command and activation, • operation of the vehicle's lights and indicators, • use of the vehicle's audible warning system (horn)
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 100 it, was to any extent caused by the injured party.
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 101 (4)
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... NCHRP Web-Only Document 253, Vol. 1: Legal Landscape 102 longer in the public interest or if the person authorized to conduct a trail has contravened or failed to comply with any conditions within the authorization.218 Section 5 D authorizes the Authority to make exceptions and to consult with other ministries for any laws that the minister is not charged with responsibility for.

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