Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVI. Motor Vehicles § 186.760.Definitions for KRS 186.760 to 186.779

(1) “Automated driving system” means hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain;

(2) “Dynamic driving task” or “DDT”:

(3) “DDT fallback” means the response by:

(4) “Fully autonomous vehicle” means a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system designed to function without a human driver as a level 4 or 5 system under SAE J3016;

(5) “Human driver” means a natural person in the vehicle with a valid license to operate a motor vehicle who controls all or part of the dynamic driving task;

(6) “Minimal risk condition” means a condition to which a person, human driver, or an automated driving system may bring a vehicle after performing the DDT fallback in order to reduce the risk of a crash when a given trip cannot or should not be completed;

(7) “Operational design domain” or “ODD” means the operating conditions under which a given automated driving system is specifically designed to function, including but not limited to:

(8) “Public agency” has the same meaning as in KRS 61.870;

(9) “Request to intervene” means a notification by an automated driving system to a human driver that the human driver should promptly begin or resume performance of part or all of the dynamic driving task; and

(10) “SAE J3016” means the “Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles” published by SAE International on June 15, 2018, as amended.