Regulatory trends for enhancement of Road Safety

Various Advanced Driver Assistance systems are being introduced to the Indian Market with the aim of reducing the road fatalities and injuries leading to severe trauma. India being one of the largest markets for the automobile sector always stands committed towards providing safe and sustainable transportation to its citizens. Advanced Driver Systems such as Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS), Autonomous Emergency Braking systems (AEBS), Lane Departure Warning Systems, Auto Lane Correction Systems, Driver Drowsiness Monitoring Systems, Speed Limiting and Assisting Systems, Automated Crusing Control Systems, Automated Commanded Steering Functions, Traffic Jam assist systems etc., assist the driver during driving. They tend to reduce road accidents and related fatalities by their advanced and artificial intelligent fed programs. This paper will share an insight on the past, recent and the upcoming developments in the regulations with respect to driver assist systems, that are being enforced for the betterment of vulnerable road users for improving the road safety. The paper will also showcase a brief overview of the recent standards such as Cyber Security and Over the Air updates that are a key element to all the advanced level of automated vehicles. Authors: Mr. A. A. Badusha, Mr. Vikram Tandon, Mr. Kamalesh Patil, Mr. Vishal Rawal and Mr. Pratik Nayak