School Zone AV Testing Safety Checklist🌐ⵙⵖⵓⵏ

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After a near miss involving an AV and a schoolgirl in Punggol, a practical safety checklist for AV route testing near schools could help reduce risks and improve oversight.

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First version: A printed checklist template (A4 sheet) distributed to AV testing teams operating in Punggol, with fields for date, time, location, school proximity, pre-test safety checks, and incident reporting. The trial would involve one AV operator and one supervisor over a two-week period on routes passing within 500m of a school. Unvalidated hypothesis; full brief: /blog/lta-directs-grab-to-pause-some-av-testing-after--2026-11-06 Source: ⴰⵙⴽⵓⴷⵓ

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AV testing teams, safety officers, and local transport authorities responsible for overseeing autonomous vehicle operations near schools in Punggol or similar urban areas.

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Test whether the checklist increases the rate of documented pre-test safety checks and reduces unreported near misses compared to previous practice (baseline: no formal checklist). Proposed validation: Proposed pilot target: At least 90% of AV test runs near schools have a completed checklist over two weeks (baseline: 0%). Measure compliance by counting completed checklists vs. total eligible test runs. Assess for any reported incidents or near misses during the perio

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