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The Transport Department TD announced today July 23 that a pilot licence for autonomous vehicles AVs has been updated in accordance with section 203b of the Road Traffic Autonomous Vehicles Regulation Cap 374AA to further expand the AV trial in North Lantau including commencing a driverless trial on Airport Island
In February the TD approved AVs on Airport Island trial routes to be monitored by operators in the remote control centre in addition to the invehicle backup operators The trials of remote operation to date have met the requirements regarding safety stability accuracy and smoothness Upon examining the test reports and conducting multiple site inspections the TD is satisfied with the safety performance of AVs with no abnormalities detected so far While ensuring road safety the TD has approved the driverless tests to commence on Airport Island with no invehicle backup operators In addition for the Tung Chung and Sunny Bay trial remote backup operators will be introduced on top of invehicle backup operators to test remote operations
The Commissioner for Transport Miss Winnie Tse said The launch of fully remote testing for Hong Kongs first AV pilot licence trial has achieved the driverless operations This marks an important step toward realising the goals of driverless scaledup and commercialised AV operations as set out in the Policy Address and the Transport Strategy Blueprint as well as achieving a milestone in accelerating the introduction of autonomous driving locally I will continue to lead the Autonomous Vehicle Applications Promotion Working Group working with its members from the industry and different departments to monitor the progress of various trials and provide the necessary support and coordination promoting the safe development of AVs in a proactive and orderly manner
The updated details of the pilot licence have been uploaded to the TDs website on AV trials The TDs pilot AV labels must be displayed on all pilot AVs for identification by other road users To facilitate easier identification of AVs undergoing driverless trials by drivers and pedestrians additional labels see attachment will be put up on the vehicle body to indicate that a fully driverless test of an AV is in progress
The TD welcomes interested organisations or enterprises to submit applications for a pilot licence for AVs Upon receipt of an application the TD will consider various factors including the operational design domain and functions of the autonomous driving system relevant national or international standardsguidelines and the road testing conditions based on the Code of Practice for Trial and Pilot Use of Autonomous Vehicles before approval
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C for T announces driverless autonomous vehicles trial on Airport Island
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TDs pilot autonomous vehicle labels and driverless test label
