Digitization of Traffic Laws: Methodologies and Usage for Monitoring Driving Compliance

Chengxiang Zhao, Wenhao Yu, Xiaohan Ma, Yuzhuang Zhao, Boqi Li, Weida Wang, Jia Hu, Hong Wang*, Ding Zhao

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Abstract

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) must adhere to traffic laws designed for human-driven vehicles. However, since current traffic laws are expressed in natural language and are inherently ambiguous, AVs encounter challenges in comprehending these laws. Therefore, digitizing traffic laws into a format that AVs can understand is crucial for safe and efficient driving. In this paper, a process for digitizing regulations is proposed, where each regulation is digitized into a temporal logic expression composed of computable atomic propositions. Based on this process, a vehicle-side online violation monitoring architecture is established. These works make AVs understand traffic laws easily. Several common but important regulations are used as examples to illustrate our work and are deployed on an AV for verification. The results demonstrate that the proposed monitoring architecture can monitor ego vehicle's illegal behavior in real-time and provide compliance suggestions, thereby helping AVs operate more safely.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2376-2383
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798350399462
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2023 - Bilbao, Spain
Duration: 24 Sept 202328 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameIEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
ISSN (Print)2153-0009
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0017

Conference

Conference26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2023
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBilbao
Period24/09/2328/09/23

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Zhao, C., Yu, W., Ma, X., Zhao, Y., Li, B., Wang, W., Hu, J., Wang, H., & Zhao, D. (2023). Digitization of Traffic Laws: Methodologies and Usage for Monitoring Driving Compliance. In 2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2023 (pp. 2376-2383). (IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC57777.2023.10422600