How driverless vehicles can be made safer for deaf and hard of hearing people

By Wenge Xu, Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, School of Computing, Birmingham City University

Self-driving cars are very much a reality and no longer a vision from science fiction. In the UK, automated vehicles (AVs) such as self-driving shuttles are already being tested on public roads.

Self-driving taxi services are expected to launch in 2026, and the Automated Vehicles Act is scheduled for implementation in 2027. This act establishes the legal groundwork for driverless cars to operate on Britain’s roads.

As these vehicles…

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