From semi to fully autonomous vehicles: New emerging risks and ethico-legal challenges for human-machine interactions

Thierry Bellet, Martin Cunneen, Martin Mullins, Finbarr Murphy, Fabian Pütz, Florian Spickermann, Claudia Braendle, Martina Felicitas Baumann

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Abstract

The provision of an adequate liability regime for ADAS technologies is an essential prerequisite for its roll out over the coming decade. Facing to the challenge of future highly automated vehicles, this paper proposed a Human-Machine Transition (HMT) approach as a common conceptual framework for considering Human Machine Interaction (HMI), liability and ethical issues in a unified way. The issues that arise are interrogated from a legal perspective, more specifically liability regimes and that of applied ethics. The paper highlights the issue of the handover/takeover. Potential consequences for insurance companies are then identified accordingly, with the aim to progress towards the sustainable deployment of automated vehicles on public roads.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)153-164
Number of pages12
JournalTransportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Volume63
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2019

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