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ROAT-2026-0170 · Legal act
German Road Traffic Act (StVG) § 1a – Motor vehicles with an automated driving function (Straßenverkehrsgesetz § 1a)
- Legal state as of
- Not recorded
- Last source check
- 2026-09-07
- Verification scope
- The earlier detailed check concerns a previous version of this record. The date shown is recorded in the catalogue; verification of the current record is not documented.
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Checked 2026-09-07 · record updated 2026-09-07
The source record has changed since this check. These findings refer to the earlier record.
Source check 2026-09-07 (Codex): current § 1a and promulgated BGBl. 2026 I No. 142, Article 1(1) and Article 9(1). Current heading effective 1 July 2026. The historical 2017-06-21 date still needs clarification and is not the date of the current text. This check does not cover the autonomous-driving regime under §§ 1d onwards.
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- Title
- German Road Traffic Act (StVG) § 1a – Motor vehicles with an automated driving function (Straßenverkehrsgesetz § 1a)
- Summary
- Section 1a permits the intended use of vehicles with an automated driving function subject to statutory technical conditions. It requires manual override and a handover request when needed. Under subsection (4), the person activating the function remains the driver even while the function controls the vehicle.
- Citation
- Straßenverkehrsgesetz (StVG), § 1a Kraftfahrzeuge mit automatisierter Fahrfunktion; amended by the Act of 12 May 2026, BGBl. 2026 I No. 142, Article 1(1), effective 1 July 2026.
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source record
- Record provenance
- Published source library
- Organisation
- Bundesministerium der Justiz / Bundesamt für Justiz
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Publication date
- 2017-06-21
- Legal status
- In force
- Summary
- Section 1a permits the intended use of vehicles with an automated driving function subject to statutory technical conditions. It requires manual override and a handover request when needed. Under subsection (4), the person activating the function remains the driver even while the function controls the vehicle.
- Význam
- Germany’s StVG is a key comparative model for allocating legal duties between automated-driving functions and human users during real-world operation on public roads.
- Citation
- Straßenverkehrsgesetz (StVG), § 1a Kraftfahrzeuge mit automatisierter Fahrfunktion; amended by the Act of 12 May 2026, BGBl. 2026 I No. 142, Article 1(1), effective 1 July 2026.
- Recorded review date
- 2026-09-07
- Official source
- https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvg/__1a.html
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