There are worries that autonomous driving technology in cars and trucks do not work well with one of the most vunerable group of road users being motorcycles. Norwegian motorcyclists organization NMCU had already send a letter with their concerns to Norwegian minister of transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen and to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Dutch MAG (Motorcyclist Action Group), KNMV (motorcyclists group), and FEMA have also asked questions to the Netherlands Vehicle Authority RDW whether autonomous driving systems are properly tested to deal with motorcyclists in traffic. A copy of this letter has also been sent to dutch minister of transport as well as to the House of Representatives.
Their concerns are backed-up by an incident in Norway involving a motorcyclist, a Tesla driving with ‘autopilot’ on, and 2 other vehicles. Tests executed by German company BASt concluded that Tesla’s system can potentially be dangerous for use in traffic.
Goal is to have homologation and related testing to properly consider motorcyclists in traffic, so that autonomous driving systems properly detect motorcyclists and take proper safe actions. Autonomous driving will be systems for the nearby future, but they need to be safe for all road users.
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