Verslag van de werkgroep nav de lezing van Wiel Janssen, "Gedrag en veiligheid in geautomatiseerde voertuigen" [Report of the working group on the presentation by Wiel Janssen "Behaviour and Safety in Automated Vehicles"]
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Apart from technical issues that have to be solved for a successful introduction of Automated Vehicle Guidance (AVG), several uncertainties about the behaviour of road users that will be exposed to telematics applications in traffic have to be tackled. The working group agreed with the first statement of Wiel Janssen, viz. that with the current knowledge the direction of safety effects of AVG systems (positive or negative) can not be predicted. The second statement (also in extensively automated systems the human factor plays an essential role) was confirmed as well with the expectation that for near-future systems the driver always will stay in charge for legal reasons. Modern insight in task allocation should be applied to come to an optimal split of tasks between operator (road user) and computer (AVG) (third statement by Janssen). The general conclusion is that many human factors issues have to be solved before large-scale implementation of automated systems can become reality, especially with respect to the consequences of behaviour and as an important part the acceptance by road users. At the moment, it is not even possible to predict whether a safety effect will be positive or negative. More research effort should be put in the relationship between Telemetics applications and Sustainably safe road and traffic environments.
TNO Identifier
9615
Source title
Bundel "Gedrag een veiligheid bij telematica-toepassingen", Hoofdstuk 8 Seminar "Gedrag en verkeer", Soesterberg: 24 maart 1999
Pages
61 - 66
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