This special issue focusing on human factors perspectives on Highly Automated Driving
(HAD) is not concerned solely with humans in interaction with the culturally shaped …

Technological improvements have made highly automated driving (HAD) a reality. The aims
of the current contribution are to (1) clarify concepts related to vehicle automation and …

Automated driving can fundamentally change road transportation and improve quality of life.
However, at present, the role of humans in automated vehicles (AVs) is not clearly …

Although it is not always possible to derive from statistics the causes of an accident, data
clearly show that they are mostly due to a lack of driver's perception, with high direct and …

Human Machine Interface (HMI) is a design concept that improves the interaction between
the driver and the automated vehicle, which leads to greater safety and comfort for the driver …

With the automation of the driving task a long vision seems to come true. A closer look
reveals that most of the steps until now have been technology oriented and a more human …

This chapter will cover some of the issues mentioned by European Road Transport
Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) and has its starting point in the knowledge and …

Objective: This special section brings together diverse research regarding driver interaction
with advanced automotive technology to guide design of increasingly automated vehicles …

Over recent years, the off-highway vehicles domain, ie agricultural, ground movement and
construction machinery, has been considerably modified by on-board electronic networks …

Objective: This paper aims to explore pivotal issues of today challenges regarding
automated vehicles (AVs) and develop an integrative discussion evoking the activity-centred …