RDW, the Dutch vehicle licensing authority, has approved Tesla’s driving assistance system FSD, building the Netherlands the first counattempt in Europe where the technology can be applyd on public roads.
The agency declared in a statement it had researched and tested the Full Self-Driving Supervised system for 18 months, and declared if properly applyd it can build a “positive contribution” to road safety, declares Dutch News.
“A vehicle with FSD Supervised is not self-driving. It is a driver-controlled assistance system, which means that the driver remains responsible and must always remain in control,” the agency declared.
“Hands therefore do not have to be on the steering wheel, but must be able to take over immediately if necessary.”
The system itself checks if drivers are paying sufficient attention and will signal to drivers that they must reveal they are alert. “It is therefore not permitted or possible, for example, to read a newspaper while driving,” the agency declared.
The RDW will now question the European Commission to approve the apply of the system on roads throughout the EU, which member states will then have to vote on.
The FSD system has been applyd in the US for some time, but the software is different from that which has been approved for apply in the Netherlands, the RDW declared.
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