Version 5.0, Release date: April 2023
For definition, see automated driving.
NOTE Although this term is deprecated within SAE J3016 (2021) it is included here because this is the term best understood by the public to mean the definition as stated (which is the same as that for automated driving.
Previous Version: 4.0, Release date: March 2022
Definition: Full function of the dynamic driving task, performed by the automated driving system within its operational design domain.
NOTE 1 Although this term is deprecated within SAE J3016 (2021) [7], it is included here because this is the term best understood by the public to mean the definition as stated (which is the same as that for automated driving).
NOTE 2 The Law Commission of England and Wales and Scottish Law Commission joint report (2022) extended this definition with the condition that the vehicle is to drive “safely and legally, even if an individual is not monitoring the driving environment, the vehicle or the way that it drives”.
