Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 63 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS (§§ 63-1-1 — 63-NEW01-NEW-014) › Chapter 35 - MISSISSIPPI FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ENABLING (MS FAVE) › Section 63-35-3 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless the context of use clearly requires otherwise:
(a)
"Automated driving system" 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.
(b)
"Department" means the Department of Public Safety.
(c)
"Dynamic driving task" (DDT) means 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:
(i)
Lateral vehicle motion control, via steering;
(ii)
Longitudinal motion control, via acceleration and deceleration;
(iii)
Monitoring the driving environment, via object and event detection, recognition, classification and response preparation;
(iv)
Object and event response execution;
(v)
Maneuver planning; and
(vi)
Enhancing conspicuity via lighting, signaling and gesturing.
(d)
"DDT fallback" means the response by the person or human driver to either perform the DDT or achieve a minimal risk condition after occurrence of a DDT performance-relevant system failure or upon operational design domain exit, or the response by an automated driving system to achieve minimal risk condition, given the same circumstances.
(e)
"Fully autonomous vehicle" means a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system designed to function without a human driver as a Level 4 or Level 5 automation system under the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard J3016.
(f)
"Human driver" means a natural person in the vehicle with a valid license to operate a motor vehicle who controls all or part of the dynamic driving task.
(g)
"Law enforcement interaction plan" means a document of procedures that are developed by manufacturers, owners or operators of fully autonomous vehicles to be used by law enforcement officers and first responders when interacting with fully autonomous vehicles, which describes:
(i)
How to communicate with a fleet support specialist who is available during the times the vehicle is in operation;
(ii)
How to recognize whether the fully autonomous vehicle is in autonomous mode;
(iii)
How to safely remove the vehicle from the roadway and steps to safely tow the vehicle; and
(iv)
Any additional information the manufacturer, owner or operator deems necessary regarding hazardous conditions or public safety risks associated with the operation of the fully autonomous vehicle.
(h)
"Minimal risk condition" means a condition to which a person, human driver, or an automated driving system may bring a vehicle after performing the DDT fallback in order to reduce the risk of a crash when a given trip cannot or should not be completed.
(i)
"On-demand autonomous vehicle network" means a transportation service network that uses a software application or other digital means to dispatch or otherwise enable the pre-arrangement of transportation with fully autonomous vehicles for purposes of transporting passengers, including for-hire transportation and transportation of passengers for compensation.
(j)
"Operational design domain (ODD)" means the operating conditions under which a given automated driving system is specifically designed to function, including, but not limited to, environmental, geographical, time-of-day restrictions, and/or the requisite presence or absence of certain traffic or roadway characteristics.
(k)
"Person" means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.
(l)
"Request to intervene" means the notification by an automated driving system to a human driver, that the human driver should promptly begin or resume performance of part or all of the dynamic driving task.
(m)
"Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J3016" means the "Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles" as revised and published by SAE International in April 2021.
Added by Laws, 2023, ch. 443, HB 1003,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.