Like it or not, autonomous vehicles are on the way, and much is being done to study their integration into the world’s transportation networks. As part of its own development of driver assistance systems, General Motors has begun to look driver behavior behind the wheels of self-driving vehicles; innovations like Cadillac semi-autonomous Super Cruise are designed to “ease the driver’s workload” on the highway, but it will be good to know what drivers plan on doing to occupy their time.
The main finding so far is that “Staying aware [is] considered key to autonomous vehicle operation,” which would seem to make the most basic kind of sense, but the additional assessment is that “driver attentiveness can be improved through advanced driver assistance and safety features.” Basically, the more your car does for you, the more it will need to be able to do in order to ensure everyone’s safety.
The driver aids that will be available on the 2013 Cadillac ATS this year and the 2014 XTS next year continue the march toward self-driving cars, which some predict might come as soon as this decade.
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