The Many Levels Of Autonomous Motoring

But there is a standard for describing these capabilities, assigning them as levels from zero to five. Sounds impressive, but just what is a level 3 autonomous car, and what are all the other levels? The first three levels require the driver to be on the case with increasing levels of assistance such as adaptive cruise control and lane centering only aiding them. The final two levels offer full autonomy, with level 5 going as far as not requiring any human driving controls to be present. We’ve all read stories involving Tesla self-driving going wrong, but these have invariably involved drivers who failed to respect this.