**7. Autonomous driving**

**The** driving of **vehicle** is **controlled by a** computer **algorithm in e**ach situation. It is presently viewed **that this** fully AV **cannot be reached** at the present situation **in the actual road net**work immediately. There is an expectation that true Level − 5 of AV to attain full autonomy is about ten-plus years away. It is also expected that geo-fenced applications of autonomous vehicles (AVs) would reach in the next three to five years. The progress on the hardware as well as software has actually been very significant. The cost of LIDARs [light detection and ranging sensors], for example, has dropped by a factor of ten over the last five years. Similarly, the amount of computational capacity that the GPUs [graphic processing unit] has also increased significantly. ISO 39003 is now working on Guidance on Safety Ethical Considerations for Autonomous Vehicles in order to ensure that this vehicle is absolute safe and smooth from operational point.
