Autonomous vehicle control assessment and selection

A computer system for operating an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more sensors disposed within the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle and communicatively connected to the one or more processors;
• and
• a program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the computer system to:
• determine an identity of a vehicle operator;
• retrieve or receive a vehicle operator profile associated with the vehicle operator wherein the vehicle operator profile indicates the ability of the vehicle operator to operate the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle based on vehicle operator driving history;
• receive operating data regarding operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle, wherein the operating data includes data from one or more sensors disposed within the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle;
• receive a request to enable one of the one or more autonomous operation features of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle;
• determine one or more autonomous operation risk levels associated with operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle by the one or more autonomous operation features based upon the received operating data;
• determine one or more operator risk levels associated with operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle by the vehicle operator based upon the vehicle operator profile;
• determine whether to enable the one or more autonomous operation features based upon the determined one or more autonomous operation risk levels and the determined one or more operator risk levels;
• and
• cause the determination regarding whether to enable the one or more autonomous operation features to be presented to the vehicle operator.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions for operating an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle that, when executed by at least one processor of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• determine an identity of a vehicle operator;
• retrieve or receive a vehicle operator profile associated with the vehicle operator, wherein the vehicle operator profile indicates the ability of the vehicle operator to operate the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle based on vehicle operator driving history;
• receive operating data regarding operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle, wherein the operating data includes data from one or more sensors disposed within the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle;
• receive a request to enable one of the one or more autonomous operation features of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle;
• determine one or more autonomous operation risk levels associated with operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle by the one or more autonomous operation features based upon the received operating data;
• determine one or more operator risk levels associated with operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle by the vehicle operator based upon the vehicle operator profile;
• determine whether to enable the one or more autonomous operation features based upon the determined one or more autonomous operation risk levels and the determined one or more operator risk levels;
• and
• cause the determination regarding whether to enable the one or more autonomous operation features to be presented to the vehicle operator.