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Open online platform for public to influence AV development

Open online platform for public to influence AV development

9 October 2024

According to WMG, at The University of Warwick, nearly half of UK motorists still do not trust automated technology because of safety concerns. Their new online platform, dubbed the Safety Pool Studio, aims to address this by involving future users with the safety of AV deployment.

Safety Pool Studio is a driving scenario creation platform that the public can use to design road scenarios based on their real-life experiences or expectations during the introduction of AVs. The platform accounts for different driving styles, types of road layouts, and the movements of vehicles and pedestrians. Users around the world can customize road-driving scenarios for AVs based on their geographical locations, cultures and daily practices (in their own languages, among others French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Italian). Users can also check and trial their scenarios using an instant play function.

Input can then be used by the AV ecosystem, from developers to regulators and insurers, enabling to better capture the public’s expectations, to test and assess products’ safe and timely response to road incidents, as well as to standardize aspects of post-deployment monitoring, incident investigation, etc.

“This platform will enable people to challenge developers to address the real issues they face on our roads. Public engagement will improve understanding of these new technologies and give people the confidence to use AVs when they hit our roads after 2026.”

Lilian Greenwood MP, minister for the future of roads, Department for Transport

Source: The original articles was published here