#ICYMI: Last week IIHS announced a new safeguard ratings program for partially automated systems. Here’s what it will take to get a good rating. Thread ⬇️ (1/10) Neither gaze monitoring nor hand position detection is adequate on its own to ensure the driver is paying attention and ready to take over. (2/10)

Driver mistakes play a role in virtually all crashes. That’s why automation has been held up as a potential game changer for safety. But autonomous vehicles (AVs) might prevent only around a third of all crashes if automated systems drive too much like people. 1/8 According to a national survey of crashes, driver error is the final failure in the chain of events leading to more than 9 out of 10 crashes. A new analysis suggests that only about a third of those crashes were the result of mistakes that AVs would be expected to avoid. 2/8

Thread: Level 2 automated driving systems should include escalating attention reminders to keep the driver's focus from wandering. 1/7 When the driver monitoring system detects that the driver's focus is elsewhere, that should trigger a series of escalating attention reminders. The first warning should be a brief visual reminder. 2/7