Virtual demo of Mcity’s test concept for highly automated vehicles

See how the methodology works as a Level 4 AV must safely navigate seven scenarios that commonly lead to crashes. EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: 10-11 a.m. June 17, 2021 (journalists are welcome to participate in the Q&A during the event, but if more time is needed speakers will stay for a media availability until 11:20 a.m. EVENT: As state and federal agencies, transportation officials and industry increasingly call for a standardized approach to validating safety of autonomous vehicles before they're tested or deployed on public roads, Mcity will hold a remote demonstration of the Mcity ABC Test-an independent methodology for testing Level 4 automated vehicles inside a closed test track. Level 4 vehicles are truly "driverless. No human interaction is needed, but unlike fully autonomous Level 5 vehicles, they are limited in some way-by speed, weather conditions or location, for example. The virtual demonstration will show how the Mcity ABC Test works for seven common scenarios that lead to crashes: merging onto a highway, one vehicle cutting in front of another on a highway, a vehicle door opening in the path of another vehicle, a deer in the path of a vehicle coming around a blind corner, an unprotected left turn, a pedestrian crossing an intersection at a crosswalk without following traffic signals, and merging into a roundabout. These scenarios are a subset of the 50 that Mcity researchers recommend automated vehicle developers select from, based on where the vehicle is designed to operate, to prove they can navigate them before they continue development on public roads.