STANDARDS & COMMITTEES Automated Vehicle Testing Safety Operator Procedures released The best practices provide a structure for automated vehicle (AV) safety driver qualifications and training to help ensure safe AV testing operations across companies. The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) in November released its first written best practice for In-Vehicle Fallback Test Driver (IFTD) (safety operator) selection, training, and oversight procedures. To promote safe development and testing, the best practice provides a structure for the qualifications and training of the humans that are on board and responsible for safety oversight during the testing of automated driving systems SAE Level 4 and 5 research vehicles. The IFTD best practice, along with all future best practices developed by the AVSC, will be supported by all consortium members in their safety operations. 24 February 2020 "Establishing an agreed-upon set of written principles for safety driver training is an important step to help guide the safe development and testing of SAE Level 4 and 5 vehicles," said Dr. Edward Straub, executive director of the AVSC. "Through collaboration among the leaders in mobility, the AVSC is able to accelerate the creation and adoption of best practices that help support safe development and deployment of automated vehicles." The IFTD best practice offers test organizations and infrastructure owneroperators a baseline for test driving and pilot projects. It recommends a progressive UPDATEhttps://avsc.sae-itc.org/principles-01-5471WV-42925L3.html?respondentID=23128702 https://avsc.sae-itc.org/principles-01-5471WV-42925L3.html?respondentID=23128702