Parliamentary Committee to experience autonomous driving features

THE Parliamentary Innovations Committee will tomorrow morning experience Volvo’s latest semi-autonomous vehicle as part of its inquiry into driverless vehicles.

Committee Chair, Michelle Landry MP, said the Committee was looking forward to Volvo demonstrating its latest automated vehicle technology on the roads around Canberra. Volvo will show the Committee members what autonomous features are currently in place for the XC90 Volvo, including:

• an automatic breaking functionality and collision avoidance system
• large animal detection
• auto steer function and run off road mitigation
• pilot assist also works up to 130 km/h on clearly marked roads.

The Committee will inspect the vehicles at 8.25am and depart Parliamentary Drive on the House of Representatives northern pull in bay at 8.30am.

A number of public hearings have been scheduled in Canberra and interstate during, April and May. The schedule can be found here.

The Committee is still accepting submissions for this inquiry. Please notify the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you intend to make a submission.

Further information on the inquiry, including the full terms of reference, is available on the Committee website. The Committee is expected to report by September 2017.

Interested members of the public may wish to track the committee via the website. 

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