The following are projects that are in progress or planned for SEQ. This will help set the scene for what SEQ will look like.

Last year I posted a series of articles about road authorities and their responsibilities in supporting autonomous vehicles followed by a breakdown of the SAE’s Levels of Autonomy and why we should just stop thinking like that. It is so 201x-ish.

The SAE Levels of Automation are arguably no longer fit-for-purpose. Following is a summary of why I believe SAE Levels of Automation need to be discarded and replaced.

The Levels of Autonomy from the SAE are the yardstick that is impacting the automotive industry and societal thinking largely driven by the popular media.

The Levels of Autonomy from the SAE are the yardstick that is impacting the automotive industry and societal thinking largely driven by the popular media.

Various auto manufacturers make proclamations that they are aiming for level X by the year 20-something. These various levels of automation are entirely artificial constructs but are being held up as beacons that need to be achieved.

In 2014, SAE International proposed levels for vehicle automation which was later adopted by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and updated in 2018.

This is the first of a series of articles reflecting on autonomous vehicles, the state of the industry, our preparedness, how the harsh truths of our current reality are already diverging from our predictions.

I have been posting about the role and responsibilities of road authorities to support autonomous vehicles.