ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the likely acceptance of such new functions in vehicles, and considers also the impact that widespread acceptance of such technology would have. The driver would of course be oblivious to such operations, except for the increased provision of new communication equipment which the Generic Intelligent Driver Support (GIDS) scheduler would now allow to be operated safely. Pedestrians in particular must surely benefit from drivers who are less distracted from the main driving task, be it because the navigation task has been made easier or because distraction from external communication is minimized. GIDS, in aiming at a definition of standard rules, comprising a protocol for the filtering, prioritization, integration and presentation of the various sources of information, has immersed itself in much of what might be regarded as state-of-the-art cognitive science.
