Chapter 7Human uncertainties
Looks are one thing, and facts are another.
Hermann Melville, The Confidence-Man
It’s common to read that a car crashed, it provides the feeling that’s the car is autonomous. It makes sense to be careful not speaking about a potential driver’s error, as the accident might be due to a technical issue. However, the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 from the World Health Organization lists the key risk factors as being: Speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol and other psychoactive substances, and distracted driving. Changing the technology doesn’t change this. Human uncertainties are common whatever the context and it exists to in the use of the information systems. ...
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