Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
As used in these rules the context clearly indicates
otherwise, the following definitions apply:
A.
Definitions beginning with
"A":
(1) "Active safety
system" means the vehicle systems that sense and monitor conditions
inside and outside the vehicle for the purpose of identifying perceived present
and potential dangers to the vehicle, occupants, and other road users, and
automatically intervene to help avoid or mitigate potential collisions via
various methods, including alerts to the driver, vehicle system adjustments,
and active control of the vehicle subsystems (brakes, throttle, suspension,
etc.).
(2) "Automated driving
system" or "ADS" means the hardware and software that are collectively
capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis,
regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain;
"automated driving system" is used specifically to describe a level three, four
or five driving automation system as defined in Society of Automotive Engineers
Standard J3016, as published in the Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms
Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor
Vehicles.
(3)
"Autonomous commercial motor vehicle" means a commercial motor
vehicle, as defined in Subsection J of Section
66-1-4.3
NMSA 1978, that is equipped with and may be controlled by an automated driving
system.
(4)
"Autonomous motor
vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is equipped with and may be
controlled by an automated driving system and includes an autonomous commercial
motor vehicle.
(5)
"Autonomous motor vehicle operator" means the person who engages
the automated driving system of an autonomous motor vehicle or autonomous
commercial motor vehicle.
(6)
"Autonomous motor vehicle tester" or "tester" means
the entity who is testing autonomous motor vehicles on New Mexico public
roadways.
(7)
"Autonomous
motor vehicle testing" or
"autonomous commercial motor vehicle
testing" means activities taken in full or in part to evaluate and
assess:
(a) the automated driving system's
performance of the dynamic driving task; and
(b) the automated driving system's
performance with respect to applicable safety areas as defined by the federal
national highway traffic safety administration for autonomous motor vehicle
operations.
B.
Definitions beginning with
"B"
C.
"Commission" means the New Mexico state transportation
commission.
D.
Definitions
beginning with "D":
(1)
"Department" means the New Mexico department of
transportation.
(2)
"Department secretary" means the cabinet secretary of the New
Mexico department of transportation or his designated representative.
(3)
"Driving automation" means
the performance of part of all of the dynamic driving task by hardware or
software on a sustained basis.
(4)
"Dynamic driving task" as defined in Society of Automotive
Engineers Standard (SAE) J3016 all of the real-time operational and tactical
functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the
strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and
waypoints, and including without limitation:
(a) lateral vehicle motion control via
steering;
(b) longitudinal vehicle
motion control via acceleration and deceleration;
(c) monitoring the driving environment via
object and event detection, recognition, classification, and response
preparation;
(d) object and event
response execution;
(e) maneuver
planning; and
(f) enhancing
conspicuity via elements including but not limited to lighting, signaling, and
gesturing.
(5)
"Dynamic driving task fallback" means the response by the user or
by an automated driving system to either perform the dynamic driving task or
achieve a minimal risk condition after occurrence of a dynamic driving task
performance-relevant system failure(s) or upon exit of the automated driving
system's operational design domain.
E.
Definitions beginning with "E"
[RESERVED]
F.
Definitions beginning with "F":
(1)
"Fallback-ready user" means
the user of a vehicle equipped with an engaged level 3 automated driving
feature who is able to operate the vehicle and is receptive to automated
driving system-issued requests to intervene and to evident dynamic driving task
performance-relevant system failures in the vehicle compelling him or her to
perform the dynamic driving task fallback.
(2)
"Federal motor vehicle safety
standards" or "FMVSS" means a motor vehicle safety
standard, as defined in
49
U.S.C Section 30102, issued by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
(3)
"Fully autonomous motor
vehicle" means an autonomous motor vehicle that is equipped with an
automated driving system designed to function as a level 4 or level 5 system
under SAE J3016 and that may be designed to function either:
(a) solely by use of the automated driving
system;
(b) by a human driver when
the automated driving system is not engaged.
G.
Definitions beginning with "G"
[RESERVED]
H.
Definitions beginning with "H" [RESERVED]
I.
Definitions beginning with "I"
[RESERVED]
J.
Definitions beginning with "J" [RESERVED]
K.
Definitions beginning with "K"
[RESERVED]
L.
"Levels
of driving automation" means the functionality of an automated driving
system and allocation of roles between a human user (if any) and the driving
automation system in performing the dynamic driving task and fallback. Levels
of driving automation is categorized into six levels by the SAE in Standard
J3016, Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation
Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles. The six levels include:
(1) Level 0 means 'no driving automation' in
that the performance by the driver of the entire dynamic driving task even when
enhanced by active safety systems.
(2) Level 1 means 'driver assistance' in that
the sustained and operational design domain-specific execution by a driving
automation system of either the lateral or the longitudinal vehicle motion
control subtask of the dynamic driving task (but not both simultaneously) with
the expectation that the driver performs remainder of the dynamic driving
task.
(3) Level 2 means 'partial
driving automation' in that the sustained and operational design
domain-specific execution by a driving automation system of both the lateral
and longitudinal vehicle motion control subtasks of the dynamic driving task
with the expectation that the driver completes the object event detection and
response subtask and supervises the driving automation system.
(4) Level 3 means 'conditional driving
automation' in that the sustained and operational design domain-specific
performance by an automated driving system of the entire dynamic driving task
with the expectation that the dynamic driving task fallback-ready user is
receptive to automated driving system-issued requests to intervene, as well as
to dynamic driving task performance-relevant system failures in other vehicle
systems and will respond appropriately.
(5) Level 4 means 'high driving automation'
in that the sustained and operational design domain-specific performance by an
automated driving system of the entire dynamic driving task and dynamic driving
task fallback without any expectation that a user will respond to a request to
intervene.
(6) Level 5 means 'full
driving automation' in that the sustained and unconditional (i.e., not
operational design domain-specific) performance by an automated driving system
of the entire dynamic driving task and dynamic driving task fallback without
any exception that a user will respond to a request to intervene.
M.
Definitions
beginning with "M":
(1)
"Minimal
risk condition" means a stable, stopped condition to which a user or an
automated driving system may bring a vehicle after performing the dynamic
driving task fallback in order to reduce the risk of a crash when a given trip
cannot or should not be completed.
(2)
"Monitor" means a general
term referencing a range of functions involving real-time human or machine
sensing and processing of data used to operate a vehicle, or to support its
operation.
(3)
"Monitor
automated driving system performance" means the activities and automated
routines for evaluating whether the driving automation system is performing
part or all of the dynamic driving task appropriately.
(4)
"Monitor the driving
environment" means the activities and automated routines that accomplish
real-time roadway environmental object and event detection, recognition,
classification, and response preparation (excluding actual response), as needed
to operate a vehicle.
(5)
"Monitor vehicle performance" means the activities and automated
routines that accomplish real-time evaluation of the vehicle performance, and
response preparation, as needed to operate a vehicle.
N.
Definitions beginning with
"N":
(1)
"National highway
traffic safety administration" or "NHTSA" means the
operating administration of the United States department of transportation that
is delegated the responsibilities described in
49 CFR Section
1.94.
(2)
"NMDOT program
administrator" means that person assigned by the NMDOT to oversee and
coordinate the autonomous motor vehicle testing program and when applicable the
program manager's activity.
(3)
"Notification" means the act of providing required
information.
(4)
"Notification receipt" means formal acknowledgment of having
received a notification.
O.
Definitions beginning with
"O":
(1)
"Object and event
detection and response" means the subtasks of the dynamic driving task
that include monitoring the driving environment (detecting, recognizing, and
classifying objects and events and preparing to respond as needed) and
executing an appropriate response to such objects and events (i.e., as needed
to complete the dynamic driving task and dynamic task fallback).
(2)
"Operate" means
collectively, the activities performed by a (human) driver (with or without
support from one or more level 1 or 2 driving automation features) or by an
automated driving system (level 3-5) to perform the entire dynamic driving task
for a given vehicle during a trip.
(3)
"Operational design domain"
means the specific conditions under which a given driving automation system or
feature thereof is designed to function, including, but not limited to, driving
modes.
(4)
"Owner"
means the holder of the legal title of a vehicle.
P.
"Program manager" or
"contractor" means, when applicable, that person, firm, or
organization selected by the NMDOT for the purpose of administering the
autonomous motor vehicle testing program in New Mexico.
Q.
Definitions beginning with "Q"
[RESERVED]
R.
"Request
to intervene" means an alert provided by an automated driving system to
a driver or fallback-ready user indicating that they should promptly perform
the dynamic driving task fallback, resume manual operation of the vehicle, or
achieve a minimal risk condition.
S.
Definitions beginning with
"S":
(1)
"SAE J3016" means
the Society of Automotive Engineers current standard for the Taxonomy
and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road
Motor Vehicles.
(2)
"System failure" means a malfunction in an automated driving
system and other vehicle system that prevents the automated driving system from
reliably sustaining dynamic driving task performance (partial or
complete).
(3)
"Sustained"
(operation of a vehicle) means performance of part or all of the dynamic
driving task both between and across external events, including responding to
external events and continuing performance of part or all of the dynamic
driving task in the absence of external events.
T.
"Trip" means the traversal of
an entire travel pathway by a vehicle from the point of origin to a
destination.
U.
Definitions
beginning with "U":
(1)
"Usage
specification" means a particular level of driving automation within a
particular operational design domain.
(2)
"User" means a general term
referencing the human role in driving automation.
(3)
"User receptivity" means an
aspect of consciousness characterized by a person's ability to reliably and
appropriately focus their attention in response to a stimulus.
V.
Definitions beginning
with "V" [RESERVED]
W.
Definitions beginning with "W" [RESERVED]
X.
Definitions beginning with "X"
[RESERVED]
Y.
Definitions beginning with "Y" [RESERVED]
Z.
Definitions beginning with "Z"
[RESERVED]