When we talk about AVs, we usually imagine fully driverless vehicles. But in reality, we have cars that require a driver, but still provide some automated features.
The SAE has developed a scale of six levels of automation:
- Level 0: The driver handles the steering, acceleration, and braking of the vehicle. The features at this level can only provide warnings and immediate assistance to the driver's actions. Examples of features of this level include the following:
- A lane-departure warning simply warns the driver when the vehicle has crossed one of the lane markings.
- A blind-spot warning warns the driver when another vehicle is located in the blind spot area of the car (the area immediately left or right of the rear ...