Saving Lives and Money by Encouraging Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies A United States Policy Perspective July 2015
2015 Safety Concerns Costs of Transportation
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vehicular Collisions: Stats 32,000 Fatalities 2,000,000 Injuries 5,000,000 Crashes > Source: NHTSA (1)
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vehicular Collisions: Cause Human Error 94% Source: NHTSA (3)
2015 Crash Avoidance Technology Sensing a Safer Future
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Crash Avoidance Tech. Source: International Transportation Forum
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Crash Avoidance Tech. WithoutWith Source: IIHS (1) Automatic Emergency Braking
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Crash Avoidance Impact Predicted to Prevent/Mitigate of vehicle crashes with unimpaired drivers 95% 21,000 lives Source: Volpe, USDOT 1.3 million injuries
2015 Issues & Policy Solutions How government can make a measurable difference
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Main Issue: Market Diffusion less than 3% of cars on the road have crash avoidance technology
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Issue: Lack of National Safety Strategy Change in road fatalities 2013 in comparison to 2000 Source: International Transportation Forum IRTAD
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vision Zero Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vision Zero “Decade of Action for Road Safety” -United Nations General Assembly
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vision Zero Source: visionzeronetwork.org
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Rec. #1: Define National Strategy USDOT implement 1.UN Standards 2.Vision Zero in strategic planning
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Issue: Market Availability Source: IIHS (2) % of vehicles with technology
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies NCAP New Car Assessment Program
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies NCAP Criteria Country UKYES Germany YES FranceYES SwedenYES NetherlandsYES ItalyYES Country SpainYES BelgiumYES AustraliaYES New Zealand YES JapanYES United States NO Most advanced countries include crash avoidance technology in assessment of the 5-star rating
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Recommendation #1 1.Support FY2016 budget to update NCAP 2.NCAP should include Crash Avoidance Technology in determination of 5-star rating Rec. #2: Update NCAP Recommendation for
2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Conclusion 1.Humans 2.New technology 3.Timescale 4.International Leader
Saving Lives and Money by Incentivizing Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Thank you A United States Policy Perspective Garrett Dowd University of Akron - BSME garrettdowd.com