This presentation examines how driver readiness requirements differ across vehicle automation levels. While automation improves safety, sustaining driver alertness remains a challenge, as drivers remain vulnerable to both external distractions and internal cues. In ADAS (L1–L2), vehicle control taxes limited cognitive resources, and secondary tasks increase risks of overload, stress, and fatigue. At higher automation (L2+–L4), reduced control demands free cognitive capacity but introduce underload effects such as mind wandering and drowsiness. Reliable, automation-level-appropriate assessment of driver readiness is therefore critical. The talk outlines practical methods for detecting visual, manual, and cognitive distraction, as well as drowsiness and stress.

• Human State Variability in Relation to Vehicle Automation Levels
• Driver Cognitive Performance Across Over- and Under-Stimulation Scenarios
• Assessment of Driver Readiness Through Multi-Modal Distraction Detection
• Mental Resource Dynamics Under Varying Automation Levels
• Manifestation and Assessment of Stress and Drowsiness Across Varying Levels of Automation