TY - JOUR AU - Marchau, V.A.W.J. AU - Brookhuis, K.A. PY - 2001/09/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Editorial: Knowledge Needs on the Implementation of Automated Driver Assistance Systems JF - European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research JA - EJTIR VL - 1 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.18757/ejtir.2001.1.3.3665 UR - https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/3665 SP - AB - <p>Recently, considerable technological progress has been made in the field of Automated<br>Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Electronic devices inform or support the driver in<br>accident-prone driving situations, in order to improve the critical task of driving a motor<br>vehicle. Potentially, ADAS offers important advantages for road transportation: increased<br>control with respect to the speed and the position of vehicles on the road is important for<br>establishing homogeneous traffic flows and reducing the number of accidents. As such<br>ADAS is assumed to have a positive impact on the use of road infrastructure and traffic<br>safety (Boussuge &amp; Valade, 1994). Moreover, this could lead to a reduction of energy use<br>and polluting gas emissions (Barth, 1995; Michaelian &amp; Browand, 2000). As soon as parts of<br>or the whole driving task are supported and/or executed automatically by ADAS, vehicle<br>driving could become more comfortable and more convenient as compared to today’s manual<br>driving (Stevens, 1997; Hoedemaeker, 1999). These expectations imply a high potential in<br>individual and societal advantages. In various countries, therefore, transport policy makers are<br>increasingly interested in the automation of vehicle driving tasks. However, current policy<br>development regarding ADAS is highly complicated by, among others, much uncertainty on<br>future ADAS development and implementation in terms of whether ADAS implementation<br>will contribute to or conflict with transport policy goals, and the basic societal conditions<br>required for ADAS implementation (Marchau, 2000)</p> ER -