National police agency

Ministry of Interior and Safety

• (Regulatory special exceptions) Delivery robots are allowed to pass on sidewalks in relation to the Road Traffic Act, the provision of self-driving delivery robot services is permitted in relation to the Pedestrian Safety and Convenience Promotion Act, and mobile imaging devices are permitted to film while driving robots in relation to the Personal Information Protection Act.
• (Related regulations) Article 13 of the Road Traffic Act (Passage of vehicles and horses), Article 22 of the Pedestrian Safety and Convenience Promotion Act (Priority of pedestrian traffic, etc.), Article 15 of the Personal Information Protection Act (Collection and Use of Personal Information) and Articles. Article 25 (Restrictions on installation and operation of video information processing devices), etc.

• If an outdoor self-driving robot falls over while in operation, it may cause an accident with a pedestrian. Therefore, the driving safety of the delivery robot must be ensured in order to allow it to pass on the sidewalk.
• To achieve this, an indoor safety test that allows safe driving even in situations such as poor road surfaces must be conducted first, so it is necessary to begin verification after a safety test similar to the international standard (ISO 13482) that can guarantee this.

② Clear demonstration course designation

• Clearly designate a demonstration course for safety

③ Ensuring sufficient width of the sidewalk

• It is necessary to designate a demonstration course in a place where sufficient sidewalk width is secured so as not to impede the passage of pedestrians on the other side.
• In particular, in the case of a combined bicycle/pedestrian road, there may be road widths that make it difficult to cross with other pedestrians, so sections where crossing is difficult are excluded from the demonstration section.

④ Maintenance such as road surface repavement for poor road surfaces and maintenance of high sidewalks

• Among the sidewalks designated as demonstration sections, the demonstration begins after maintenance in areas where there is a high risk of falling due to poor road surfaces and sections where passage is difficult due to high sidewalk sills.

⑤ Designation of field personnel and drivers

• Since delivery robots do not have drivers for traffic accidents and violations, liability issues may arise, so the personnel deployed on site should be a person with a driver's license and the above person should be designated as the driver.

⑥ Installation of information placards in major sections of the demonstration special case

• Installation of placards on the entrance/exit roads and main sections of the verification section to inform the general public that there is a verification-based sidewalk.

⑦ Attach a sign to the outside that can confirm that it is an outdoor autonomous driving robot

• Attach a legible sign to the outside of the robot to indicate that the autonomous robot is moving for demonstration purposes.

• By determining the pedestrian volume by time zone in advance, the verification driving is excluded during high pedestrian volume times* Residents’ commuting and leaving work times, elementary school students’ arrival and departure times, etc.
• Test driving is restricted in case of bad weather such as strong winds, heavy rain, and fog.

⑨ When using a sidewalk (walkway), designate a demonstration course only in places where sufficient sidewalk width is secured so as not to interfere with the passage of other pedestrians.

⑩ As the number of smartphone users increases while walking, there is a risk of collision accidents with the demonstration driving robot. Therefore, signs and voice warning facilities should be installed so that pedestrians can easily identify the demonstration driving robot.

• If there are pedestrians around the robot during the test drive, to prevent safety accidents, stop for a moment and run the test drive after the pedestrians have passed.

⑩ As the number of smartphone users increases while walking, there is a risk of collision accidents with the demonstration driving robot. Therefore, signs and voice warning facilities should be installed so that pedestrians can easily identify the demonstration driving robot.

• If there are pedestrians around the robot during the test drive, to prevent safety accidents, stop for a moment and run the test drive after the pedestrians have passed.

⑪ When driving in a protected area, set the driving speed in consideration of the transportation vulnerable who walk at slow walking speeds.

• Reference: 0.8m/s applied when operating a pedestrian signal for the traffic vulnerable in protected areas, etc. (Traffic signal installation manual/National Police Agency)

⑫ Safety personnel are required to be accompanied during demonstration driving and insurance is required to prepare for collision accidents between pedestrians and robots.

⑬ If a pedestrian safety accident occurs due to the verification drive, the verification drive is immediately stopped.

⑭ To ensure the safety of the robot, verification begins after indoor safety testing through the Robot Industry Promotion Agency.

⑯ Information boards shall be installed and attached so that all information subjects, such as pedestrians, can easily understand the operating time and location of the self-driving delivery robot, the shooting range and purpose, and the method of processing the captured video, etc. (Article 15 (1) of the Personal Information Protection Act) , Article 25 Paragraph 4)

⑰ Personal information (personal video, vehicle number, etc.) among the videos captured by the self-driving delivery robot shall be deleted without delay after delivery and shall not be transmitted externally or stored separately ((Personal Information Protection Act Article 21, Standard Personal Information Protection) Guidelines Article 10)

• However, in the event of special situations such as civil complaints processing or traffic accidents, storage may be made to the minimum extent necessary to respond to the situation, and in this case, access will be strictly controlled and managed so that only those with legitimate authority can access it.

⑱ In cases where video is to be used for the advancement of autonomous driving and deep learning, when time, cost, technology, etc. are reasonably considered, anonymization is done so that individuals can no longer be identified even when combined with other information (the original is processed after a high level of de-identification processing). Destruction) (Article 58-2 of the Personal Information Protection Act)

⑲ Cameras installed on self-driving delivery robots must not be arbitrarily manipulated for purposes other than the original purpose or directed to other places, and recording functions cannot be used (Article 25 (5) of the Personal Information Protection Act).

⑳ Establish a ‘personal information processing policy’ and make it public through the website, etc., implement safety measures such as encryption of transmission and reception, establish an internal management plan, and designate a protection manager, and establish a management and supervision system (Article 29 of the Personal Information Protection Act) , Articles 30, 31)

㉑ Comply with the protection principles and measures for safe management in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act, and actively cooperate when requested by the Personal Information Committee to check whether this verification project is being faithfully implemented in the future.