Gaps in the control of automated vehicles on roads
SC Calvert (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
Giulio Mecacci (TU Delft - Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)
B. van van Arem (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
F Santoni De Sio (TU Delft - Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)
Daniël D. Heikoop (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
M.P. Hagenzieker (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
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Abstract
Increased on-road testing and market availability of partially automated vehicles (AV) offers researchers and developers the opportunity to evaluate the AV’s performance. The occurrence of new types of accidents involving AV’s has sparked questions in regard to who is actually in control over and responsible for AV control. In this contribution, we suggest a potential discrepancy in AV control with the review of recently documented accidents involving AV’s. The identification of a gap in control is performed using a recently formulated moral philosophical framework of Meaningful Human Control (MHC). This shows a discrepancy between the attribution of responsibility and the ability of a human to fulfil the role assigned to them. While a gap in control is not evident from the viewpoint of operational control, it requires the more intricate concept of MHC to expose it. Recommendations are further made that AV developers and vehicle approval authorities should consider control from a MHC perspective to avoid future gaps in control with the resulting consequences.