On Sep. 1, 2020, Transport Canada posted a notice online seeking feedback on updating its regulations to include advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Specifically, Transport Canada is looking at whether advanced driver assistance features should be:
- required by regulations or left unregulated
- meet a minimum set of requirements if they’re on a vehicle
According to the notice, new safety requirements for ADAS would take the form of new Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and could apply to school buses and commercial trucks in particular but also other vehicles such as motorcycles, cars, trucks and passenger buses. Requirements could vary by vehicle type.
Technologies for which comments are sought include:
- Advanced braking systems for motorcycles
- Emergency brake assist
- Electronic stability control for medium vehicles
- Emergency stop signal
- Regenerative braking signal
- Accident emergency call system
- Blind spot information system (heavy vehicles)
- Blind spot detection/warning
- Lane departure warning
- Lane keep assist
- Level 2 and Level 3 systems
- 360° cameras
- Camera monitoring systems
- Intelligent speed assist
- Rear-visibility system (medium and heavy vehicles)
- Driver drowsiness and distraction monitoring
The request for comment will be followed by a regulatory proposal that will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, followed by a formal comment period. Final regulations will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.
The deadline for comments is Sep. 30, 2020.
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