Vienna Convention on Road Traffic – amendment to Article 8(5 bis)

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Last source check: 2026-07-14
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Record provenance: Published source library
Organisation: UNECE
Jurisdiction: International
Publication date: 2014-03-26
Legal status: In force
Summary: The 2014 amendment to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic added Article 8(5 bis), allowing vehicle systems that influence how vehicles are driven to be deemed compatible with the Convention when they conform to applicable international vehicle regulations or can be overridden or switched off by the driver.
Význam: This amendment created an early international-law accommodation for vehicle automation and illustrates how road-traffic law began adapting before comprehensive automated-driving frameworks emerged.
Citation: UNECE Working Party on Road Traffic Safety, ECE/TRANS/WP.1/145, amendment to Article 8(5 bis) of the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic, adopted 26 March 2014.
Recorded review date: 2026-07-14
Official source: https://unece.org/DAM/trans/doc/2014/wp1/ECE-TRANS-WP1-145e.pdf

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