ABSTRACT
This chapter expounds how automation is providing exciting possibilities to address this challenge of deficient driving behaviors. The authors demonstrate the benefits of automated vehicle technologies (Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Levels 0–2) to enable the driver to resume control of his/her fitness-to-drive abilities. They present two case studies, to address the issues related to an aging adult with a visual disorder and an adult with a neurodegenerative condition. Driving deskilling is a potential consequence of SAE Level 3 of automation, which requires the driver to cede control of all safety-critical functions of the vehicle, under certain conditions, but expects the driver to resume control if such conditions change. In addition, glaucoma is a significant determinant of self-reported crashes. Specifically, drivers with glaucoma make more critical driving errors than controls including lane maintenance and gap acceptance, particularly at traffic lights and yield/give-way intersections.
