Driver interaction with automated vehicles in real traffic

Other conference contribution, 2022

While automated vehicles are expected to have a great positive impact on traffic safety, the interaction between manual driven vehicles and automated vehicles remains unknown until their introduction in real traffic. Some of the challenging interactions occur in cut-in (manual driven car enters lane in front of automated vehicle) and rear-end approaching scenarios (manual driven car approaches automated vehicle from behind). Here, a change in occurrence for the first scenario and discrepancy of expected behavior (e.g., higher speed) in the second scenario can potentially lead to an increase of risk.