Ethical decision making during automated vehicle crashes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2424, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-65

  Goodall, Noah ^a  

^a VIRGINIA CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AUTOMATION; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; VEHICLES;

AUTO MANUFACTURERS; AUTOMATED VEHICLES; CONTROL COMPONENTS; DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECT AGENCY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; GOOGLE+; HUMAN DRIVERS; PRE CRASHES; VEHICLE CONTROL; VEHICLE CRASHES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84910037399     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2424-07     Document Type: Article

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