Rage against the machine? Google's self-driving cars versus human drivers

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2017, Pages 57-60

  Teoh, Eric R ^a   Kidd, David G ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicle; Driving automation; Highway safety; Motor vehicle crashes; Self driving

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SAFETY TESTING; SOFTWARE TESTING; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

AUTOMATED VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; HIGHWAY SAFETY; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; PASSENGER VEHICLES; SELF DRIVINGS; SHARED RESPONSIBILITY; VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED;

ACCIDENTS;

AUTOMATION; CALIFORNIA; CAR; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; RAGE; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; RAGE; SAFETY;

EID: 85028984290     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2017.08.008     Document Type: Article

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