Toyota is an active member of the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) in an effort help develop safety standards in collaboration with other automakers. Today, the AVSC released its first written best practice for In-Vehicle Fallback Test Driver (IFTD) (safety operator) selection, training and oversight procedures to help ensure safe development and testing. The best practice provides a structure for the qualifications and training required of the humans that are on-board and responsible for safety oversight during the testing of automated driving systems SAE Level 4 and 5 research vehicles.
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