Serbia Gets First Rules for Driverless Cars – Testing of Autonomous Vehicles to Be Available to Companies in Serbia, with Special Permit

The Ministry of Interior has adopted the rulebook on the requirements for autonomous driving, which proscribes, in more detail, the conditions under which autonomous driving and the procedure of issuing the permit for the testing of an autonomous vehicle can be carried out.

The testing of an autonomous vehicle can be done by a legal person with the seat in Serbia, based on the permit, which is issued by the organizational unit of the Ministry of Interior in charge of the territory in which the testing is to be done.

The permit can be issued for one or more autonomous vehicles, of the L7 type, with a factory-closed car body, M1 or N1, concluding with level 4 of driving automation, for a maximum period of one year.

Depending on the special characteristics of each individual request, all-day testing or testing for a shorter period of time can be allowed, or the maximum duration of each individual ride can be determined, and it can also be determined for the testing to be done only in daylight.

Among other things, the rulebook proscribes that, if, for example, a level 3 vehicle or a vehicle of a lower level is tested, a driver must be in the driver’s seat, and if a level 4 vehicle is tested, a driver needs to sit in the first seat row behind the windshield for the duration of the testing, ready to take control of the vehicle at any moment and positioned so that their arms, legs and body are never in a position where the driver could lose control of the vehicle.

The driver’s duty, according to the rulebook, is to oversee the ride on the road and the automated driving system, whereby they have to be ready to take control of the vehicle in all cases where road traffic safety might be jeopardized.

I. Z.

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