Panel Discussion: Communicating with and Learning from Public Stakeholders about Automated Driving
Date and Time: Thursday, August 1, 2024: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Location: Indigo Ballroom
Pnina Gershon
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presentation Description
This talk will provide an overview of the acceptance and adoption of automation and show, using a large-scale nationally representative survey, the need for clearer communication around the availability of AVs and proper use of ADAS. This includes providing clear definitions, explaining the capabilities of the automation, and highlighting its added value. I will discuss the importance of exposure and positive experiences that serve as building blocks to the future acceptance of driving automation. Using real-world driving data, I will discuss driver behaviors including proper use, disuse, misuse, and abuse of partial automation, and show how these behaviors evolve and differ across automation implementations. By contrasting the intended use, as communicated by the manufacturer, and the extreme behaviors often seen on social media, this talk will uncover the spectrum and variability of driver behaviors when using automation.
Speaker Biography
Dr. Gershon is a Research Scientist at MIT AgeLab, Center for Transportation and Logistics, where she co-directs the Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) consortium and leads the naturalistic driving research. Dr. Gershon’s research provides the theoretical and applied insights needed to develop solutions to next-generation transportation challenges and advance the future of safe, efficient, accessible, and sustainable mobility. She works closely with the automotive, insurance, and tech industries to deliver data-driven design decisions. Dr. Gershon’s research focuses on the impact of emerging technologies, automated and electrified mobility, driver distraction, impairment, and behaviors of high-risk driver populations on driving safety. Dr. Gershon is an invited member of the National Academies of Sciences Transportation Research Board's Committee on Operator Education and Regulation and a member of the Young and Older Driver Subcommittee. Dr. Gershon received the NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence (2018) and the NICHD Collaboration Award (2017).
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