Sustainable Development Goals
Abstract/Objectives
Driving Automation System, as one of potential artificial intelligence application, will provide considerable social benefit, revolutionize mobility, and reshape urban structures. Although Driving Automation System is considered to be safer than the human drivers, it could still pose fatal risks to our society. Recently, several fatal accidents caused by inappropriate design of Driving Automation System have exposed the hidden crisis and aroused public awareness about the Driving Automation System safety regulation. At international level, it could be seen that worldwide states start to construct different regulation, trying to secure the safety of Driving Automation System. However, different regulation would cause regulation fragmentation and hamper the global trade. While the public actors suffer in the pacing problem due to the lack of technical profession and multilayered wrestling, the private actors (transnational corporations, standard-setting organizations, and expertise organizations) have constructed bottom-up power to shape Driving Automation System global standard. However, will private-driven governance be suitable for Driving Automation System global standard setting? To address the knowledge gap, the paper will analyze the standards setting process among different actors and propose optimal solution for global Driving Automation System safety standard setting.
Results/Contributions

The study begins by analyzing the Driving Automation System safety standard-setting activities among different global actors, trying to explore the applicable institution design for global Driving Automation System safety standard setting. The study is based on an examination of standard-setting documents, which come from different global actors, such as states governments, international organizations, and standard setting organizations. The analysis will focus on the standard-setting process of different actors and the interaction among them. The study will also analyze the strength and weakness of different actors in global standard setting.

The project completed on July 31, 2021. The draft paper was submitted to the Foundation for the purpose of publication in any format. The project not only provides the scholarship but also help student cultivate the ability and the interest in research.  

Keywords
Driving Automation SystemSelf-driving carGlobal governanceInternational lawPublic private partnership