How should automated vehicles interact with pedestrians?

Researchers tested pedestrian reactions to an automated shuttle across different operating modes, speeds, and braking profiles. Pedestrians evaluated automated and remote driving similarly to human driving, but vehicle deceleration style and final stopping distance altered their comfort. These findings give engineers and planners empirical data to design vehicle stopping behaviors around human perception.

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