Malaysia will take a gradual, safety-first approach to autonomous driving by building the necessary regulatory and infrastructure foundations for the technology before any large-scale deployment comes about. According to works minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, the government is not going to simply jump into it.
“We want to take it slow and steady to ensure that the safety aspect is not compromised. We must have regulations in place,” he told the New Straits Times.
“On the regulatory side, focus areas include safety standards, legal liability, cyber security and data governance, while on infrastructure readiness, improvements are ongoing in road markings, signage, road safety standards and digital connectivity. or as some people call it, ‘road furniture’,” he said.
He said the direction of travel system that the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) project will utilise is an example of the latter, with dedicated lanes and infrastructure for the autonomous rail transit (ART) trackless trams already being built in the state capital.
It has already been indicated that Malaysia is gearing towards autonomous driving, with deputy minister of investment, trade and industry Sim Tze Tzin saying last month that although the country has not begun looking intently into the topic, the plan is to get Level 3 capability in place by 2030.
As defined by SAE International, autonomous driving is classified on a scale of Level 0, where the driver controls all functions, to Level 5, which represents full driverless capability in all conditions. Level 3 automation allows a vehicle to drive itself in specific conditions, but the driver must remain alert and be ready to take over control of the vehicle when required.
Programmes exploring the tech have come about in the past, but primarily from a pilot on-road evaluation viewpoint. Back in November 2020, the government defined its first autonomous vehicle test routes on public roads in Cyberjaya, with approval coming a month later in December. eMoovit Technology was the first company to receive approval for use of the routes for its autonomous vehicle testbed.
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something drastic needs to be done with irresponsible riders, if malaysia is EVER going to enjoy autonomous driving.
can see ady, all the accidents caused by lane splitting rempits, cutting sharply into your lane, autonomous vehicles will slam the brakes and too bad for anyone behind, pile up of cars will be common.
Robot is going to replace many of the jobs before we jump into it.
Miti must implement autonomous driving for local EVs so that even T20 will buy and support the local automotive industry and boycott Tesla and BYD
wei, this is autonomous software la bang.
local EVs also so so nia, wanna put these death traps with local self-driving software on Malaysian roads before Tesla? Damn I can already see the accident headlines.
I give you 10 years minimum if you wanna copy Tesla bulat bulat and start from scratch today. Damn generous already, you see how long and how much cash Google had to burn on Waymo and macam itu saje.
Even the traffic light count-down timer display pun rosak tak ganti2. Boleh percaya ka ni, Nanta?
Spend the resources on repairing potholes first.
Does anyone think that SpaceX will land on the moon before malaysia approves any autonomous driving in the country ? This will show how fast other people work compared to our country
Fix these infrastructure first.
Existing roads and resurfaced road no road line markings or faded, speed hump variable sizes and height no standardized, traffic lights hiding or blocked by trees bushes lamp post, road signage blocked by trees bushes lamp post,
Secondly tackle those law breaking motorcyclists motorists
FSD alr approved in many countries, you want us wait till 2030? Or need something ‘ckd’??