# Germany requires a named person to contact the passengers and secure the road when a driverless vehicle stops itself

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20210728-bus-driver-7
Date: 2021-07-28 · Stage: Constraint
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Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/bus-driver

## Scope

Germany. The Road Traffic Act says the technical supervisor of a vehicle with an autonomous driving function, defined as the natural person who can deactivate the vehicle and approve manoeuvres during operation, must immediately contact the occupants and initiate the measures needed for road safety when the vehicle puts itself into the minimal-risk state. The supervisor may be remote; the law does not say who restores the service or moves passengers onward.

## Source

- Gesetze im Internet (Federal Ministry of Justice) — Straßenverkehrsgesetz §1f(2) with §1d(3), inserted by the Act on Autonomous Driving of 12 July 2021 (in force 28 July 2021) — https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvg/__1f.html (primary source)

## What this means

When a driverless vehicle stops itself in Germany, a person is legally responsible for the passengers in that moment.

## What it does not show yet

One country; the person can be remote and the law covers the first response, not the rest of the disruption.

## How to verify it yourself

Open StVG §1f and find "unverzüglich Kontakt mit den Insassen des Kraftfahrzeugs herzustellen".


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