@MISC{Clark_(withthanks, author = {John Clark}, title = {(with thanks to Susan Stepney and the RAEng) SKIL Ethical, Legal, Social and Political Issues Autonomous Road Vehicles}, year = {} }
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Cooperative vehicle highway systems Allows information to be relayed between vehicles as well as from operators to vehicles, for instance when cars are too close together, to prevent collisions Driver information systems, including driver warning systems These provide warnings and alerts to drivers and leave drivers with a choice as to how to act on those warnings Automated highway The ultimate vision, with the highways and the vehicles within them being managed and controlled as a system, instead of individual drivers making decisions about speeds, stopping distances, routes and so on Advanced driver assistance Some automation of responses to warnings Self-parking systems Autonomous Road Vehicles • It would seem we are heading for an era of increased road transport automation. • What social, legal, ethical or political barriers do you foresee? • To what degree can/should these be overcome? Radio Frequency Identification (RFIDs) tags Limited functionality processing. Often powered by RF. Can be interrogated by a tag reader. Already in a great many products. Heading for “chips with everything”.