Method and system for dynamically curating autonomous vehicle policies

A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising, at an autonomous vehicle computing subsystem:

• receiving a set of sensor data from a set of sensors onboard the autonomous vehicle;
• determining a location of the autonomous vehicle;
• based on the location and a set of maps, determining a set of electable autonomous vehicle policies, wherein the map prescribes multiple sets of policy selection rules;
• selecting an autonomous vehicle policy from the set of electable autonomous vehicle policies, wherein a control subsystem of the autonomous vehicle maneuvers the vehicle according to the selected autonomous vehicle policy.

A system for controlling an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:

• a computing subsystem of an autonomous vehicle, wherein the computing subsystem:
• determines a set of position data for the autonomous vehicle;
• retrieves a set of autonomous vehicle policies from a set of candidate autonomous vehicle policies based on the set of position data, wherein retrieving the set of autonomous vehicle policies comprises weighting each of a set of inputs, the set of inputs comprising:
• the set of position data;
• a set of sensor data;
• and
• a set of rules, the set of rules comprising a map, the map defining a plurality of sets of policies available within each of a plurality of separate map regions;
• and
• selects an autonomous vehicle policy from the set of autonomous vehicle policies by evaluating each of the set of autonomous vehicle policies;
• and
• a control subsystem, wherein the control subsystem controls movement of the autonomous vehicle according to the selected autonomous vehicle policy.