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SAE J3018_202012 – Safety-Relevant Guidance for On-Road Testing of Prototype Automated Driving System (ADS)-Operated Vehicles

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Last source check
2026-09-07
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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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