MLIT Notice (2016): Existing 'Automated Driving' Functions Are Not Fully Automated

MLIT — The existing 'Automated Driving' Functions Are Not Fully Automated!

Issuing bodyMLIT
CommitteesMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
First issued2016
Latest revision2016
Statusactive
Categorynational
Topicsautomation, mode_awareness, situational_awareness
Referencehttps://www.mlit.go.jp/en/report/press/jidosha07_hh_000001.html

Scope

MLIT public guidance (6 July 2016) clarifying that marketed 'automated driving' functions are Level 2 driver assistance requiring continuous driver oversight, and that the driver remains responsible for safe operation. Targets driver mode-awareness and over-reliance on partial automation.

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