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Citation |
Chretien P. J. Traffic Transp. Eng. (Valley Cottage, NY) 2017; 5(6). |
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(Copyright © 2017, David Publishing) |
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Abstract |
Road deaths have been reduced in Europe, but progress has stopped since 2013. A shared explanation is that new technologies can increase driver mind distance to the vehicle road environment because of distraction or cockpit isolation, factors rarely declared by drivers after the accident. The connected and automated vehicle technology is under pressure as it will have to thwart this negative trend, but also to contribute to carbon dioxide emission reduction, traffic improvement, passengers comfort and pollutants reduction in towns. Our challenge is to help drivers to satisfy all these goals with the best compromise, without any distraction from close reality. The technology is capable, but safety benefits will result from positive and negative effects: recommendations to drivers or to automated vehicles are today built separately for each goal, with risk to send inconsistent recommendations through different systems: information can be a penalty for some drivers in a risky situation, especially if mental charge is too high. In a context of public mistrust on vehicle emissions, safety efficiency has to be demonstrated in risky situations before deployment, using virtual reality, based on coordinated content and validated HMI (Human Machine Interface) principles: public authorities will have to coordinate it between Europe and America. Language: en |