Analysis of ISO39003 on the Ethics of Automated Driving and Its Possible Application to SAE Level 4

Abstract

This paper summarizes the historical development of ISO39003 which deals with the ethics of automated driving level 5 (completely driverless operation) and investigates the ethical considerations necessary for automated driving systems. Moreover, it considers the differences to German ethics regulations along with cases when JIS standards were used in Japanese criminal trials to determine the duty for care for negligence under criminal law. It is concluded that 1） “shared recognition” and “adoption” are the requirements for using JIS standards to determine the duty for care, and 2） considering the relationship between ISO and JIS standards and the common points between automated driving levels 4 and 5, ISO39003 could be used in criminal trials, subject to its roll-out and adoption in Japan.