Driverless vehicles: is it time to rethink where and how we spend our road safety research dollars?

Driverless vehicles represent the most significant advancement in road safety since man and woman first got behind the wheel. By removing the human factor, we will eliminate the single biggest contributor to road accidents. So, should we be revising our existing road safety research priorities? And how will the advent of fully automated vehicles impact on society at large?

• Record URL:
  • http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2016, Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Publication Date: 2016-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 6-8 September, Canberra, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Crash causes; Human factors; Research; Research projects; Traffic safety; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (vehicles)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Autonomous vehicle; Crash cause; Crash countermeasure; Human factors; Research and development
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 3882: Automatic
• Subject Areas: Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01617999
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 28 2016 2:40PM