87. The Chair of the Task Force on Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), reported on the progress made by the group on the drafting of a new UN Regulation on Driver-Control Assistance Systems (DCAS). He details the potential benefits of “hands off systems” complemented by “eyes on” considerations. He described the progress made by the group on the drafting of the master document and on the development of DCAS validation. He noted that there were still open issues to be solved and therefore proposed amendments to the ADAS Task Force deliverables and timings (see GRVA-15-43). He also reported on the substantive presentation ADAS-17-05 of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), member of OICA, on their research on ADAS.

88. The expert from ITU, speaking on behalf of FISITA, stated that the work stream on DCAS was currently one of the most important deliverables of GRVA.

89. The expert from OICA offered to answer to any question related to the VDA study, if any. The expert from the Netherlands reiterated the interest of his country regarding the separation between ADS and ADAS.

90. The expert from Japan stated that the “eyes on” was an important topic and hoped to receive more information. He welcomed the outcome of scientific research in that field and encouraged experts to perform analysis of accidental data, as it would ease the work of contracting parties. He agreed to discuss Driver Monitoring System (DMS) at the Task Force.

91. The expert from Denmark cautioned that DMS might imply cameras and expressed concerns about persons monitoring and other privacy related topics. The expert from OICA mentioned that driver-facing cameras had been implemented in vehicles as a consequence of the 2019 General Safety Regulation in Europe, and stated that they were in line with the data privacy regulations valid in EU.

92. The experts from Germany, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and AVERE debated the strategies to deal with similar provisions in UN Regulation No. 79 and in the new DCAS regulation, to make sure that one regulation is not used to circumvent the provisions in the other (more recent) regulation. The expert from France compared this discussion to the one at the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) regarding Child Restraint Systems regulated in UN Regulation No. 44, then in UN Regulation No. 129.

93. GRVA agreed to resume consideration of this topic at its next session. GRVA also agreed with the revised timeline in the Terms of Reference for the group, as reproduced in Annex III to the session report.