A selection of 10 publications and reports from the public source library. Research views and methods are distinguished from legislation.
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Preprint / forthcoming article · 2026
Matthew Wansley · USA
Significance: Distinguishes remote assistance from direct driving and offers a US perspective on the allocation of liability.
Language: English · Recorded open-access status: yes · Review date: 2026-09-06
Wansley, M. (2026). Backroom Drivers. Harvard Journal of Law & Technology (forthcoming). SSRN preprint, abstract 7308978, posted 19 August 2026.
Technical report / methodology · 2025
Espedito Rusciano; Riccardo Donà; Davide Maggi; Biagio Ciuffo; Maria Cristina Galassi · European Union
Contribution
The supplement extends the original JRC interpretation to safety management systems and remote operation management. It adds examples and supporting material for researching organisational and technical requirements.
Related legislation
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1426 on type-approval of automated driving systems
The 2025 report provides interpretative support; it does not replace the regulation or an approval authority’s decision.
Abstract and bibliographic record from the JRC publisher. Basis checked: 7 September 2026. The contribution is a ROAT editorial summary.
Publication background ↗Language: English · Recorded open-access status: yes · Review date: 2026-08-26
European Commission: Joint Research Centre, Rusciano, E., Donà, R., Maggi, D., Ciuffo, B. and Galassi, M.C. (2025), Interpretation of EU Regulation 2022/1426 on the Type Approval of Automated Driving Systems: Addendum for Safety Management System and Remote Management, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, JRC140978, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/1764206.
10.2760/1764206; ISBN 978-92-68-24727-3
Technical report / methodology · 2024
Biagio Ciuffo; Riccardo Donà; Maria Cristina Galassi; Walter Giannotti; Calogero Sollima; Fulvio Terzuoli; Sandor Vass · European Union
Contribution
The report combines technical interpretation of the regulation with examples and material in six annexes. It supports examination of how general requirements are applied in approval.
Related legislation
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1426 on type-approval of automated driving systems
Technical interpretation from 2024; later amendments to the regulation must be considered when applying it.
Abstract and bibliographic record from the JRC publisher. Basis checked: 7 September 2026. The contribution is a ROAT editorial summary.
Publication background ↗Language: English · Recorded open-access status: yes · Review date: 2026-08-26
European Commission: Joint Research Centre, Ciuffo, B. et al., Interpretation of EU Regulation 2022/1426 on the Type Approval of Automated Driving Systems, JRC136417, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, DOI 10.2760/86028.
10.2760/86028; ISBN 978-92-68-12555-7; ISSN 1831-9424
Technical report / methodology · 2025
Working Group “Research Needs in Teleoperation”; coordination: Tom Michael Gasser; Alexander Frey · Germany
Contribution
The report distinguishes providing information to a vehicle from directly controlling its movement. It helps frame research into teleoperation.
The report describes the legal position at the time of its preparation. It does not confirm the current permissibility of remote driving.
Abstract of the English F 166b edition available in the BASt repository search record; the full text was inaccessible during this check. Basis checked: 7 September 2026. The contribution is a ROAT editorial summary.
Publication background ↗Language: English · Recorded open-access status: yes · Review date: 2026-07-31
Direct link to the English F 166b PDF. The repository gives 2025 as the publication year. The German version’s DOI does not apply to this document.
Working Group “Research Needs in Teleoperation” (2025), Technical report of the working group “Research Needs in Teleoperation”, BASt, Vehicle Technology, F 166b, English edition.
BASt series F 166b; related German edition DOI 10.60850/bericht-f166a; project 5422002
Data / institutional report · 2026
California Department of Motor Vehicles · California, USA
Significance: Provides evidence on the extent of test driving and driver interventions in California.
Language: English · Recorded open-access status: unspecified / uncertain · Review date: 2026-07-24
The link leads to the DMV information page for the collection of reports.
California Department of Motor Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicle Permit Holders in California Logged More Than 9 Million Test Miles Between December 1, 2024 and November 30, 2025, 20 February 2026.
Book · 2026
Ronald Leenes · Global
Significance: Offers a methodological framework for assessing new technologies and selecting regulatory tools.
Language: English · Recorded open-access status: yes · Review date: 2026-08-29
Leenes, R. (2026), Regulating the new: Regulation, ethics, acceptance, legitimacy in the governance of technology, Open Press Tilburg University, Tilburg, https://doi.org/10.56675/rtn1.
10.56675/rtn1; ISBN 9789403930725; ISBN 9789403929163
Journal article · 2020
John Agnew · United Kingdom
Significance: A historical example showing how safety concerns and operating restrictions accompanied new road technologies.
Language: English · Recorded open-access status: no · Review date: 2026-08-25
John Agnew (2020), ‘Steam engines on UK roads, 1862–1865: Banning orders, agricultural locomotives and the ‘red flag’ Act’, The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology, 90(1), 53–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/17581206.2020.1797447.
10.1080/17581206.2020.1797447
Book · 2010
Wolfgang Ernst (ed.) · Western Europe
Significance: Compares the historical development of traffic liability, insurance and responses to technological risk.
Language: English · Recorded open-access status: no · Review date: 2026-08-25
The research register link leads to the publication’s introductory pages, not its full text.
Wolfgang Ernst (ed.), The Development of Traffic Liability (Cambridge University Press 2010), ISBN 978-0-521-19208-8.
ISBN 978-0-521-19208-8; paperback 978-1-107-47575-5
Journal article · 2014
Ken Oliphant · United Kingdom
Significance: Helps situate liability for technological risks within the relationship between tort law, insurance and regulation.
Language: English · Recorded open-access status: yes · Review date: 2026-08-25
Ken Oliphant (2014), ‘Tort Law, Risk, and Technological Innovation in England’, McGill Law Journal, 59(4), 819–845.
Data / institutional report · 2022
UNECE secretariat · International
Significance: Explains the historical context of international road traffic conventions.
Language: English · Recorded open-access status: yes · Review date: 2026-08-25
UNECE, Historical background of the Conventions related to road traffic and traffic safety, ECE/TRANS/WP.1/GE.3/2022/7, 22 June 2022.
ECE/TRANS/WP.1/GE.3/2022/7
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