摘要: |
Evaluating the safety of emerging technologies presents a number of challenges to the thinking, imagination, and resourcefulness of the safety research community. The four case studies discussed in this paper were presented in the context of an ITS America Workshop on ITS Safety Evaluations (May 1 & 2, 1995, Reston, VA). While these papers by Crompton, Leis, Perez, and Marsh differ in focus, they demonstrate some of the thinking and activity that is critical to increasing our understanding of ITS safety. Evaluating even a given ITS design challenges our traditional understanding of safety measures and current methodologies used for testing. Yet we need to apply ourselves to developing standards and guidelines for ITS not yet designed or implemented. Further, some of these technologies are revolutionary and may impact the behavior of users in ways that have not been anticipated. |