Quirks And Glitches In Driver Aid Systems Needed For Autonomy; There Is Room To Improve Trust

Insurance Institute staff are driving vehicles with driver assistance systems to evaluate how they perform in everyday driving scenarios. Whether we realize it or not – and like it or not -- we are taking part in an experiment, sharing roads with vehicles that have drivers' assistance technology to keep cars from straying out of their lanes and to make them brake if the driver isn't paying attention. We are beginning to share roads with self-driving vehicles, too. The goal is to make us safer. But there are unanswered questions: How do these systems work in everyday driving and in relation to what humans expect?