1. European Truck Platooning Challenge
Glasgow, 6 June 2016

3. EU Truck Platooning Challenge: 1st project in Flanders for autonomous vehicles
Lots of press exposure
Code of Practice for testing autonomous vehicles on public roads
Outlines the framework
Will be presented at the ITS congres this Wednesday
Created a procedure for applying
One stop-shop
Federal level: Prototype approval (vehicle safety)
Regional level (road authority): define testing boundaries and conditions in cooperation with OEM
Created exemptions for each of the 4 participating OEM’s in Flanders

4. Application Procedure
Industrial partner (OEM)
Description project
FOD Mobiliteit
Step 1: is vehicle allowed on the road?
Prototype ?
Region(s)
Step 2: Under which conditions?
Code of Practice
Infrastructure
Where
Advice
Research centre
Approval

5. Lessons Learned EUTPC created dynamism:
New initiatives for testing with autonomous vehicles in the pipeline
Acquiring a legal exemption requires a lot of time, aswel as effort to convince stakeholders.
Multi-disciplinary evaluation team
Competencies: Technical , Legal, traffic safety, Human factors, communication
Need to align road authority viewpoints for cross-border testing (vehicle and traffic safety)
Need to align communication strategies, also dealing with social perception
1 december 2015, Rotterdam

6. Truck Platooning = Level 1 Automation
Automation level
Truck Platooning = Level 1 Automation
Still… High Impact !
Impact on:
our internal oganisation: how do we organise ourselves to support this
Impact on logistics
Impact on legislation
Etc…

7. Truck Platooning: Next Steps
Build on the succes on the Challenge
Continu to expand the “platooning network” in Flanders
Invite sector federations FEBETRA, TLV, UPTR, FEBIAC
Invite logistic partners
Identify new opportunities:
event at LEF centre 31 May
OEM proprietry testing and first real-life cases
Identify potential hurdles going forward
Vehicle: Commercial activities with prototype?
Driver: required training?
Traffic safety:
qualitative assessment vs quantitative assesment
desired platoon behavior gap time vs entry/exists
Flow of platoon vs flow of other traffic, especially on weaving sections

8. My contact details Kristof Rombaut Study responsible ITS
Tel.:
Adres: Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic
Koning Albert II-laan 20, bus 4
1000 Brussel