§ 321.514 — Definitions

Iowa § 321.514

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 321: MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD

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As used in this section and sections 321.515 through 321.519, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. “Automated driving system” means the hardware and software collectively capable of
performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether the
system is limited to a specific operational design domain, if any.
2. “Conventional human driver” means a natural person who manually controls the
in-vehicle accelerating, braking, steering, and transmission gear selection input devices in
order to operate a motor vehicle.
3. “Driverless-capable vehicle” means a system-equipped vehicle capable of performing
the entire dynamic driving task within the automated driving system’s operational design
domain, if any, including but not limited to achievement of a minimal risk condition without
intervention or supervision by a conventional human driver.
4. “Dynamic driving task” means all real-time operational and tactical functions required
to operate a motor vehicle on a highway in traffic within an automated driving system’s
specific operational design domain, if any. “Dynamic driving task” does not include any
strategic function such as trip scheduling or the selection of destinations and waypoints.
5. “Minimal risk condition” means a reasonably safe state to which an automated driving
system brings a system-equipped vehicle upon experiencing a performance-relevant failure
of the system that renders the system unable to perform the entire dynamic driving task,
including but not limited to removing the vehicle to the nearest shoulder if the vehicle is
capable of doing so, bringing the vehicle to a complete stop, and activating the vehicle’s
emergency signal lamps.
6. “On-demand driverless-capable vehicle network” means a transportation service
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vehicles for the purposes of transporting persons or goods, including transportation for hire
as defined in section 325A.1, and public transportation.
7. “Operationaldesigndomain”meansasetofconstraintsusedtodefinethedomainunder
which an automated driving system is designed to properly operate, including but not limited
to types of highways, speed ranges, environmental conditions such as weather or time of day,
and other constraints.
8. “System-equipped vehicle” means a motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving
system.