17-229-800 Me. Code R. § 1
Automated Driving System ("ADS"): The hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether the task is limited to a specific Operational Design Domain. "Automated Driving System" is used specifically to describe a Level 3, 4 or 5 driving automation system in accordance with standards and specifications outlined in standard J3016, adopted by the Society of Automotive Engineers in September 2016.
ADS-Equipped Vehicle: A vehicle equipped with an automated driving system that has the capability to operate at Level 3, 4 or 5.
ADS-Equipped Vehicle Tester ("Tester"): A vehicle manufacturer, institution of higher education, fleet service provider or automotive equipment or technology provider that tests ADS-Equipped vehicles.
ADS-Equipped Vehicle Manufacturer: A person or entity that builds or sells ADS- Equipped Vehicles or that develops or installs automated driving systems in motor vehicles not originally built as ADS-Equipped Vehicles.
Commission on Autonomous Vehicles ("Commission"): A Commission established by the Resolve to coordinate efforts among state agencies and knowledgeable stakeholders to inform the development of a process to allow Tester to demonstrate and deploy for testing purposes an ADS on a public way.
Dynamic Driving Task: The real-time operational and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic within its specific operational design domain, if any, excluding the strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and waypoints.
Executive Council on ADS-Equipped Vehicles: A Council comprised of the Commissioner of Transportation, the Secretary of State, and the Commissioner of Public Safety. The Executive Council is a decision-making body that may authorize a proposed project to proceed, authorize a proposed project to proceed with conditions, deny the project authorization to proceed, or require additional information.
Operational Design Domain ("ODD"): The ADS-Equipped Vehicle Manufacturer's definition of the conditions under which the ADS, or the differing automated components thereof, are intended to operate with respect to roadway types, geographical locations, speed, range, lighting conditions for operation (day and/or night), weather conditions, and other operational domain constraints.
Pilot Project: As used in this Rule, Pilot Project refers to a project to be conducted by a Tester. In this context, a Pilot Project is a small-scale, preliminary project conducted to evaluate the feasibility, cost and benefits of an autonomous vehicle concept prior to full-scale implementation of an ADS. A Pilot Project is an actual implementation of the ADS, with real transportation customers, on a limited scale and under specified conditions. Customer feedback would be expected to yield information to the Tester, to host community(ies) and to the Commission, to help identify any information for system validation and improvement of the ADS and any other issues that should be addressed.
Responsible Vehicle Operator ("Operator"): As used in these rules, Operator means the individual who is responsible for the safe and lawful operation of an ADS-Equipped Vehicle and its Automated Driving System on public ways, whether that individual is inside of or outside of the vehicle; is physically controlling the steering, acceleration, braking, and stopping of the vehicle; is controlling these actions of the vehicle remotely; or is prepared to take control of the vehicle when the ADS performs unsafely or inappropriately or fails in any way.
17-229 C.M.R. ch. 800, § 1