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Autonomous Vehicles in Spain - Working to Drastically Reduce Accidents and Congestion
Pedro Tomás Martínez Mobility Management Area Manager, General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), Spain Member of Technical Committee B.1 Road Network Operations / Intelligent Transportation Systems of the World Road Association
Jaime Moreno García-Cano Deputy Director for Mobility Management, General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), Spain
Juan José Arriola Ballesteros Surveillance Area Manager, General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), Spain
Ana Isabel Blanco Bergareche Assistant Deputy Director of Traffic, General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) , Spain
By definition, human beings are fallible. They make mistakes for several reasons such as tiredness, carelessness, drowsiness, poor interpretation of the road environment and poor reflexes, to name but a few. As such, 93% of all accidents are attributable to human error.