Regulations – Obstacle or Solution to Road Safety –Regulations – Obstacle or Solution to Road Safety – Marcin A. Gorzkowski 1,2,3* 1 Regulations Interpretation & Compliance 2 STS Sapphire – Type-Approval & Certification Testing and Test Equipment Manufacturing 3 The International Executive Committee of the International Forum on Automotive Lighting *Contact email address: marcin.a.gorzkowski@gmail.com
Abstract—The time is directing into a new generation of vehicle traffic worldwide. Automated Vehicles (AV) running in autonomous mode will be distributed everywhere and will influence the car to car communication. The interaction between road users like pedestrians or bicycle drivers and the AV vehicles needs to be defined. First research studies showed that a signal identifying such AV vehicles in the traffic helps to make the new situation more safe. Also, the pedestrians are much more relaxed if there is a signal which gives the message: I have seen you in a harmonized format . As the introduction of AV vehicles is a worldwide process the task for the regulation organizations is to try to result in a harmonized signal color, harmonized size, location and intensity as the identification light . Therefore, an exchange between the activities in USA, Europe and China is ongoing with this target. The current status and the findings in various research studies so far executed will be reported and an outlook to the possible final solution will be given. Keywords- Obstacle, Solution, Road Safety, AV Vehicles |