THE MORAL ALGORITHM

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The levels of assistance and automation are adapted from the Society of American Engineers J3016 Standard “Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to
On-Road Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems” (http://standards.sae.org/j3016_201401/). While these are not formally recognised by the UK Government
or the United Nations World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Standards, they are seen as a helpful guide to the technology. The illustration was taken from
“Pathway to Driverless Cars: Proposals to support advanced driver assistance systems and automated vehicle technologies”, C-CAV, July 2016.
Driver control
System control
AUTOMATED DRIVING
Eyes off
Hands off
(temporary)
Hands off
Driver is responsible for the
vehicle. Controls lateral and
longitudinal movement. Can
hand full control to the system.
Driver is only responsible, and
exercises control, outside of
specific use cases where the
car is able to self-drive.
Must actively monitor system
performance, retaking control
as necessary.
System can control lateral
AND longitudinal movement
in specific use cases. Where
system exceeds performance
limits, it will hand control back
to the driver.
System can control lateral
AND longitudinal movement
in specific use cases. It will
not require driver intervention
during this time.
System can control lateral AND
longitudinal movement in all
use cases. Driver intervention is
not needed.
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE
HIGHLY AUTOMATED
FULLY AUTOMATED
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