1. Saving Lives and Money by Encouraging Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies A United States Policy Perspective July 2015

2. 2015 Safety Concerns Costs of Transportation

3. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vehicular Collisions: Stats 32,000 Fatalities 2,000,000 Injuries 5,000,000 Crashes > Source: NHTSA (1)

4. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vehicular Collisions: Cause Human Error 94% Source: NHTSA (3)

5. 2015 Crash Avoidance Technology Sensing a Safer Future

6. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Crash Avoidance Tech. Source: International Transportation Forum

7. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Crash Avoidance Tech. WithoutWith Source: IIHS (1) Automatic Emergency Braking (@25mph)

8. 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

9. 2015 Issues & Policy Solutions How government can make a measurable difference

10. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Main Issue: Market Diffusion less than 3% of cars on the road have crash avoidance technology

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vision Zero 2011-2020 “Decade of Action for Road Safety” -United Nations General Assembly

14. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Vision Zero Source: visionzeronetwork.org

15. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Rec. #1: Define National Strategy USDOT implement 1.UN Standards 2.Vision Zero in strategic planning

16. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Issue: Market Availability Source: IIHS (2) % of vehicles with technology

17. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies NCAP New Car Assessment Program

18. 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

19. 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

20. 2015 Incentivize Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Conclusion 1.Humans 2.New technology 3.Timescale 4.International Leader

21. Saving Lives and Money by Incentivizing Automated Vehicle Safety Technologies Thank you A United States Policy Perspective Garrett Dowd University of Akron - BSME 2015 https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrettdowd garrettdowd.com