Handover issues in autonomous driving: A literature review

Morgan, Phil; Alford, Chris; Parkhurst, Graham

Abstract

The present review was undertaken to inform a workpackage of the Venturer Project undertaking studies into the handover of control between a human driver and an autonomous road vehicle. The ‘handover problem’ arises as a feature of the development of autonomous vehicles that are “highly” but not “fully” autonomous (DfT, 2015). As human error is a major cause of road accidents, contributing to over 90% of road collisions, removing the human operator would likely reduce their incidence. (DfT 2015; Reason, Manstead, Stradling, Baxter, & Cambell, 1990). However, levels of automation which do not completely eliminate the role for a driver can themselves provide problems for the human operator (Stanton and Marsden, 1996; Parasuraman & Manzey, 2010; Parasuraman & Riley, 1997), due to required tasks such as ‘handover’. The report considers the existing evidence on handover, identifying research gaps for handover particularly in urban areas, and considers the policy implications.

• Report Type: Project Report
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 21, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 21, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: autonomous road vehicles, driverless cars, handover, human driving performance, urban roads
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/921775
• Publisher URL: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/et/research/cts
• Related Public URLs: http://www.venturer-cars.com/
• Contract Date: Jun 21, 2016