This paper collection is the second volume of the LNMOB series on Road Vehicle Automation. The
book contains a comprehensive review of current technical socio-economic and legal
perspectives written by experts coming from public authorities companies and universities in
the U.S. Europe and Japan. It originates from the Automated Vehicle Symposium 2014 which was
jointly organized by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the
Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Burlingame CA in July 2014. The contributions discuss
the challenges arising from the integration of highly automated and self-driving vehicles into
the transportation system with a focus on human factors and different deployment scenarios.
This book is an indispensable source of information for academic researchers industrial
engineers and policy makers interested in the topic of road vehicle automation.
