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SAE J3018_202012 – Safety-Relevant Guidance for On-Road Testing of Prototype Automated Driving System (ADS)-Operated Vehicles
- 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
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LIMITED source check 2026-09-07 (Codex): SAE publisher metadata and publicly available scope only. Revision 4 December 2020 and DOI 10.4271/J3018_202012 confirmed. The paid full text was not reviewed. The public scope focuses on the in-vehicle fallback test driver and excludes remote driving. Any claim that regulators adopted this standard requires separate legal or permit evidence. Date Reviewed records this limited check.
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- DOI / ISBN
- 10.4271/J3018_202012
- Official source
- https://saemobilus.sae.org/standards/j3018_202012-safety-relevant-guidance-road-testing-prototype-automated-driving-system-ads-operated-vehicles
- Why it matters
- The Recommended Practice offers a comparative reference for prototype-testing roles. Applicable law and permit conditions determine legal duties; specific regulatory adoption requires separate evidence.
Review date records the check described above, including its stated limits.
source record
- Record provenance
- Published source library
- Organisation
- SAE International, On-Road Automated Driving (ORAD) Committee
- Jurisdiction
- Global
- Publication date
- 2020-12-04
- Legal status
- Not applicable
- Summary
- SAE Recommended Practice J3018, revised on 4 December 2020, gives safety-relevant guidance for on-road testing of prototype vehicles operated by Level 3 to Level 5 automated driving systems. It centres on the in-vehicle fallback test driver and covers selection, training and testing protocols. Remote driving, Level 1 and 2 features, closed-course and simulation testing are outside its scope, and the remote fallback test driver is defined but expressly deferred to a future iteration.
- Význam
- The Recommended Practice offers a comparative reference for prototype-testing roles. Applicable law and permit conditions determine legal duties; specific regulatory adoption requires separate evidence.
- Citation
- SAE International, J3018_202012, Safety-Relevant Guidance for On-Road Testing of Prototype Automated Driving System (ADS)-Operated Vehicles, Recommended Practice, revised 4 December 2020.
- Recorded review date
- 2026-09-07
- Official source
- https://saemobilus.sae.org/standards/j3018_202012-safety-relevant-guidance-road-testing-prototype-automated-driving-system-ads-operated-vehicles
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