Code of Maine Rules › 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 229 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - GENERAL › Chapter 800 - AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PILOT PROGRAM RULES › Section 229-800-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
Automated Driving System ("ADS"):
The hardware
				  and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic
				  driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether the task is limited to
				  a specific Operational Design Domain. "Automated Driving System" is used
				  specifically to describe a Level 3, 4 or 5 driving automation system in
				  accordance with standards and specifications outlined in standard J3016,
				  adopted by the Society of Automotive Engineers in September 2016.
ADS-Equipped Vehicle:
A vehicle equipped with an
				  automated driving system that has the capability to operate at Level 3, 4 or
				  5.
ADS-Equipped Vehicle Tester ("Tester"):
A
				  vehicle manufacturer, institution of higher education, fleet service provider
				  or automotive equipment or technology provider that tests ADS-Equipped
				  vehicles.
ADS-Equipped Vehicle Manufacturer:
A person or
				  entity that builds or sells ADS- Equipped Vehicles or that develops or installs
				  automated driving systems in motor vehicles not originally built as
				  ADS-Equipped Vehicles.
Commission on Autonomous Vehicles
				  ("Commission"):
A Commission established by the Resolve to coordinate
				  efforts among state agencies and knowledgeable stakeholders to inform the
				  development of a process to allow Tester to demonstrate and deploy for testing
				  purposes an ADS on a public way.
Dynamic Driving Task:
The real-time operational
				  and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic within
				  its specific operational design domain, if any, excluding the strategic
				  functions such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and
				  waypoints.
Executive Council on ADS-Equipped Vehicles:
A
				  Council comprised of the Commissioner of Transportation, the Secretary of
				  State, and the Commissioner of Public Safety. The Executive Council is a
				  decision-making body that may authorize a proposed project to proceed,
				  authorize a proposed project to proceed with conditions, deny the project
				  authorization to proceed, or require additional information.
Operational Design Domain ("ODD"):
The
				  ADS-Equipped Vehicle Manufacturer's definition of the conditions under which
				  the ADS, or the differing automated components thereof, are intended to operate
				  with respect to roadway types, geographical locations, speed, range, lighting
				  conditions for operation (day and/or night), weather conditions, and other
				  operational domain constraints.
Pilot Project:
As used in this Rule, Pilot
				  Project refers to a project to be conducted by a Tester. In this context, a
				  Pilot Project is a small-scale, preliminary project conducted to evaluate the
				  feasibility, cost and benefits of an autonomous vehicle concept prior to
				  full-scale implementation of an ADS. A Pilot Project is an actual
				  implementation of the ADS, with real transportation customers, on a limited
				  scale and under specified conditions. Customer feedback would be expected to
				  yield information to the Tester, to host community(ies) and to the Commission,
				  to help identify any information for system validation and improvement of the
				  ADS and any other issues that should be addressed.
Responsible Vehicle Operator ("Operator"):
As
				  used in these rules, Operator means the individual who is responsible for the
				  safe and lawful operation of an ADS-Equipped Vehicle and its Automated Driving
				  System on public ways, whether that individual is inside of or outside of the
				  vehicle; is physically controlling the steering, acceleration, braking, and
				  stopping of the vehicle; is controlling these actions of the vehicle remotely;
				  or is prepared to take control of the vehicle when the ADS performs unsafely or
				  inappropriately or fails in any way.