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Research Article

Not Always Good: Mitigating Pedestrians’ Less Careful Crossing Behavior by External Human-Machine Interfaces on Automated Vehicles

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Received 28 Nov 2023, Accepted 30 Apr 2024, Published online: 19 Jun 2024

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