1. A. “Automated driving system or ADS” means hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain.

2. B. “Dynamic driving task” or “DDT” means all of the real-time operational and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and waypoints and including without limitation:

   1. 1. Lateral vehicle motion control via steering;
   2. 2. Longitudinal vehicle motion control via acceleration and deceleration;
   3. 3. Monitoring the driving environment via object and event detection, recognition, classification and response preparation;
   4. 4. Object and event response execution;
   5. 5. Maneuver planning; and
   6. 6. Enhancing conspicuity via lighting, signaling and gesturing.
3. C. “DDT fallback” means the response by the person or human driver to either perform the DDT or achieve a minimal risk condition after occurrence of a DDT performance-relevant system failure(s) or upon operation design domain exit, or the response by an automated driving system to achieve minimal risk condition, given the same circumstances.
4. D. “Fully autonomous vehicle” means a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system designed to function without a human driver as a level 4 or 5 system under SAE J3016B.
5. E. “Human driver” means a natural person in the vehicle with a valid license to operate a motor vehicle who controls all or part of the dynamic driving task.
6. F. “Minimal risk condition” means a condition to which a person, human driver, or an ADS may bring a vehicle after performing the DDT fallback in order to reduce the risk of a crash when a given trip cannot or should not be completed.
7. G. “On-demand autonomous vehicle network” means a transportation service network that uses a software application or other digital means to dispatch or otherwise enable the prearrangement of transportation with fully autonomous vehicles for purposes of transporting passengers or goods including for-hire transportation and transportation of passengers or goods for compensation.
8. H. “Operational design domain” or “ODD” means operating conditions under which a given automated driving system is specifically designed to function including, but not limited to, environmental, geographical, and time-of-day restrictions, and the requisite presence or absence of certain traffic or roadway characteristics.
9. I. “Person” means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
10. J. “Request to intervene” means notification by an automated driving system to a human driver that the human driver should promptly begin or resume performance of part or all of the dynamic driving task.
11. K. “SAE J3016B” means the Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles published by SAE International in June 2018.

Laws 2019, SB 365, c. 316, § 2; Amended by Laws 2022, SB 1541, c. 132, § 11, eff. November 1, 2022 (superseded document available).