Young M. Driving Automation. A Human Factors Perspective 2023

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The technology behind self-driving cars is being heavily promulgated as the solution to a variety of transport problems including safety, congestion, and impact on the environment. This text examines the key role that human factors plays in driving forward future vehicle automation in a way that realizes the benefits while avoiding the pitfalls.
Preface
STAGE 1 Setting out
Context
Promises, promises…
Pay attention
STAGE 2 Taking the load off
How low is too low?
When is ACC not ACC?
What’s skill got to do with it?
I thought you were driving!
STAGE 3 Human-centred automation
What can automation do for us?
How do we get along?
STAGE 4 Letting Ge it
An autopian future?