ISO/TC 241Presentation2021-09-10Peter Hartzell

Committee Manager

ISO/TC 241

Swedish Institute for Standards

ISO/TC 241 Road traffic safety management systems

56 member countries = 29 % global participation

ISO standards

• ISO 39001:2012 Road traffic safety (RTS) management systems –Requirements with guidance for use

• ISO 39002:2020 Road traffic safety – Good practices for implementing commuting safety management

• ISO 39003:20xx Road traffic safety (RTS) – Guidance on safety ethical considerations for autonomous vehicles

• By end of 2020 there were 972 ISO 39001 (accredited) certifications at 2341 sites in 44 countries.

Working Groups and Meetings

• WG 4 Marketing: meeting October 13th, 2021• WG 6 Guidance on safety ethical considerations for autonomous

vehicles: meeting September 21-22, 2021• ISO/TC 241: plenary meeting December 7-8, 2021

Future work:• Sustainability reporting/Self-declaration: with reference to ISO 39001,

UN Agenda 2030 (SDGs) and GRI – Global Reporting Initiative (global standards for sustainability reporting)

ISO/TC 241 WG 4 Marketing

WG4 work items, activities, including:

• Review/development of marketing material (such as ISO 39001 power point presentation, ISO 39001 Starter’s guide, new ISO 39002 marketing material),

• ISO 39001 certification survey,

• Case studies,

• Webinars,

• Video clip, and

• Cooperation with and support WG6/ISO 39003

WG 4 MARKETING COMMITTEE

Review scope & workplan

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

Review existing marketing

material

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

Scope & Workplan

Marketing material

P R O P O S E D A C T I V I T I E S

2021 2022 2023

Title

Title

Title

Survey

Conduct a survey which looking at

the application, usage or

demands, challenges in the

implementation and benefit

Q42021

Q42021

Q42021- Q1 2022

WG 4 MARKETING COMMITTEE

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

Compile & publish case study, other

member countries to rope in the

case study conducted.

Discuss, share and collect good

practice of RTS/ISO 39001/2/3

application, case studies, articles,

training and information material,

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

Case study

Video clip

P R O P O S E D A C T I V I T I E S

2021 2022 2023

Title

Title

Title

Ongoing

Develop short video clip on

the promotional materials

on the 39000 series

Awareness webinar on the

ISO 39000 series

Webinar

Q2- Q3 2022

Q3-Q4 2022

Q1-Q2 2023

ISO/TC 241 WG6Guidance on safety ethical considerations for autonomous vehicles - ISO 39003

• The single most significant factor in road traffic safety is a nut…

… the nut behind the wheel!!

• Driverless vehicles have the potential to remove this variable with the ability to recognize, process and react to data input far beyond human capacity

• But how can we be sure that the autonomous vehicles have moral prioritizations that align with those of society?

Background

• About 1.3 million people die on the world's roads and 20 - 50 million are injured

every year.

• Road traffic crashes are a major cause of death among all age groups and the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5–29 years.

What could go wrong? 1 The vehicle detects two

living creatures in its

path. It can only avoid

one?

Which does it hit?

Avoid the moose to save

the car, but hit the

child?

What could go wrong? 2 Two driverless vehicles

approach a single lane width

passing point.

Which has right of way?

The one with greatest sense

of urgency algorithm?

Scope of ISO 39003This standard is not a Management System or Technical Standard.

• Will not set requirements for the outcomes of ethical decisions

• Will not offer guidance on methodology.

It will only detail:

those aspects of an autonomous vehicle that require

considerations to made by the designer/manufacturer to ensure that key aspects are not overlooked or disregarded.

This standard does not offer the technical precision to prescribe the

required controls but would, rather, offer a set of “protocol guidelines”

that a vehicle manufacturer might choose to self-certify against to assure

that the desired necessary ethical considerations were addressed during

design and effectively controlled.

Purpose and justificationVehicles must be developed to an agreed set of ethical standards and protocols to minimize risk.

A number of standards are available, or under development, to address the

engineering and technological aspects of autonomous vehicles, but none that

cover the decision-making processes of the vehicle control system.

ISO39003 standard will address:

• Methodology for Identification and Evaluation of aspects

• Those aspects that should be considered,

• Possible outcomes of those decisions

The intent is that all manufacturers and designers should give consideration to the

identified safety aspects using self-developed, standardized, methodology.

It should provide manufacturers and distributers, a mechanism to enable formal

declaration of compliance to an International Standard

Give assurance to purchasers, end-users and society as a whole, that the vehicles’ design has considered and addressed the ethical issues identified within the standard.

Relevant affected Stakeholders

• Manufacturers

• Distributers

• Purchasers

• End-users

• Society as a whole

Liaison between ISO TC 241 WG6 and ITU -FG-AI4AD

FG-AI4AD will work towards the establishment of international standards to monitor and assess the performance of the AI 'Drivers' steering automated vehicles.

ISO39003 standard will define:• Those safety aspects of autonomous vehicles that should be considered • Possible outcomes of those decisions

FG-AI4AD Its ultimate aim is to meet the public expectation that:• AI never engages in careless, dangerous or reckless driving behaviour• AI remains aware, willing and able to avoid collisions at all times• AI meets or exceeds the performance of a competent, careful human driver

ISO TC241 Standardization in the field of RTS, Road traffic safety, management standards, needs, to be effective, to consist of:• a requirement standard (ISO 39001)• RTS specific auditing requirements in third party certification, and• implementation and guidance documents.

Meetings of WG 6

• 1: October 21, 2019• 2: November 11-13, 2019 - Durban• 3: February 12, 2020• 4: March 30-April 1, 2020• 5: June 9-10, 2020• 6: September 2-3, 2020• 7: November 24-24, 2020• 8: March 11-12. 2021• 9: June 8-9,2021• 10: September 21-22, 2021

WG 6 experts representing 13 countries

• AFNOR (France)• BIS (India)• BSI (United Kingdom)• DIN (Germany)• DSM (Malaysia)• JISC (Japan)• MSB (Mauritius)• NBSM (Nepal)• NEN (Netherlands)• SABS (South Africa• SCC (Canada)• SII (Israel)• SIS (Sweden)

Progress

Technology meets Philosophy

Plato’s conception of philosophyHierarchical model of driving task

Ethics framework for the integration of ethical considerations into the design and development of AVs

Purpose Overarching goal: increase safety in road traffic systems (ISO TC 241)

Values Value set: UN universal values recommended

Principles Principle set: AI4People principles recommended (with other options listed)

Process High level: Governance

Low level: Daily ethical evaluations, operationalization of principles

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Thank you!

ISO/TC 241 Secretariat

Committee manager

Peter Hartzell, peter.hartzell@sis.se

Phone: +46-8-555 520 29

Mobile phone: +46 707 64 56 99

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