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External Vehicle Interfaces for Communication with Other Road Users?

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Road Vehicle Automation 5

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How to ensure trust and societal acceptance of automated vehicles (AVs) is a widely-discussed topic today. While trust and acceptance could be influenced by a range of factors, one thing is sure: the ability of AVs to safely and smoothly interact with other road users will play a key role. Based on our experiences from a series of studies, this paper elaborates on issues that AVs may face in interactions with other road users and whether external vehicle interfaces could support these interactions. Our overall conclusion is that such interfaces may be beneficial in situations where negotiation is needed. However, these benefits, and potential drawbacks, need to be further explored to create a common language, or standard, for how AVs should communicate with other road users.

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  1. Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE, Lindholmspiren 3A, 417 56, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Azra Habibovic, Jonas Andersson, Victor Malmsten Lundgren, Maria Klingegård & Cristofer Englund

  2. Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE, Acusticum 4, 941 28, Piteå, Sweden

    Sofia Larsson

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Habibovic, A., Andersson, J., Malmsten Lundgren, V., Klingegård, M., Englund, C., Larsson, S. (2019). External Vehicle Interfaces for Communication with Other Road Users?. In: Meyer, G., Beiker, S. (eds) Road Vehicle Automation 5. Lecture Notes in Mobility. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94896-6_9

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