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What is BSI Flex 1887 v2.0 about?

BSI Flex 1887 v2.0 is part of our Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) Standards programme, which supports the safe deployment of self-driving vehicles. This updated standard provides practical guidance on addressing the human factors critical to enabling the safe and effective remote operations, where a remote operator (RO) is not on board the vehicle.

What does BSI Flex 1887 v2.0 cover?

The standard focuses on ROs who can monitor, assist, or take over the dynamic driving task (DDT).

Key topics include:

• The selection, role, and training of an RO.
• Assessing and maintaining the competence of an RO and/or team.
• Guidelines for RO workstations and workstation environments.
• RO management.

Who is BSI Flex 1887 v2.0 for?

This BSI Flex is developed for organizations implementing a remote operation capability or service. At present the scope of remote operations is limited to those used for developmental testing and advanced trials in preparation for early-stage deployment, including prototype vehicles, passenger, and freight-carrying services on roads.

This BSI Flex might be of use to any organization that utilizes or develops remote operations. It might also be of use to road authorities, local authorities, test beds, vehicle agencies and insurers.

What are the updates to version one?

Version two of the guide introduces several key changes designed to improve clarity and alignment with related standards, including:

• Expansion and clarification on pre-employment licence, security, and competency checks for remote operators.
• Refined remote operator workplace safety requirements and safe employment conditions.
• Additional details related to safety case development, including guidance on creating safety cases for remote operations centres.
• The scope has been refined to better align with other related standards, making it easier for users to understand how BSI Flex 1887 v2.0 fits into the broader Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) framework and ensures consistency when adopting multiple standards.

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Notes:

The standard is designed to be a companion to BSI Flex 1886 v2.0:2024-09, which provides guidance on developing or operating remote operation systems for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs).

This BSI Flex utilizes many of the definitions of terms, abbreviations and acronyms for the connected and automated mobility sector provided in BSI Flex 1890 v5.0:2023-04.

It is advised to read BSI Flex 1887 v2.0 in conjunction with PAS 1884:2021 and PAS 1883:2020. The former provides guidance for organizations engaged in automated vehicle trialling and developmental testing that utilize safety operators; the latter provides requirements for the minimum hierarchical taxonomy for specifying an operational design domain (ODD) to enable the safe deployment of an automated driving system (ADS).

The CAM Standards programme

We're leading a standards programme, supported by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), to support and accelerate the safe and secure development, trialling, testing and deployment of automated mobility. Find out more about the programme and gain access to a wealth of free insights, videos, standards, and tools here.