Autonomous vehicles (AVs) or self-driving cars have the potential to provide many benefits
such as improving mobility and reducing the energy and emissions consumed, travel time …

Driver assist technologies have reached the tipping point and are poised to take control of
most, if not all, aspects of the driving task. Proponents of automated driving (AD) are …

Autonomous and semiautonomous vehicles are currently being developed by over14
companies. These vehicles may improve driving safety and convenience, or they may create …

The process of verification and validation of automated vehicles poses a multi-faceted
challenge with far-reaching societal, economical and ethical consequences. In particular …

Abstract Surrogate Safety Measures (SSMs) are widely used to assess potential crash risk
proactively. Notably, most of the existing safety indicators are fundamentally designed to …

This research examined the effects of hands-free cell phone conversations on simulated
driving. The authors found that these conversations impaired driver's reactions to vehicles …

“A grave problem that developed in New Hampshire… now has all the motor-vehicle
commissioners of the eastern states in a wax. It's whether radios should be allowed on cars …

Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all
aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the …

A Practical Resource for Understanding, Preventing, and Managing Driver Distraction It is
estimated that up to 23 percent of crashes and near-crashes are caused by driver …

The per-mile accident rate of 16-year-old novices is approximately 10 times that of adults, a
difference that has been attributed to the immaturity of youth and the errors of inexperience …