Automated vehicle system and method for changing from automated-mode to manual-mode near a construction-zone

A controller-circuit for operating an automated vehicle, said controller-circuit comprising:

• an input configured to receive a signal from a detector, said detector configured to detect construction-objects;
• and
• a processor configured to, in accordance with a detection of a construction-object by the detector, determine that a host-vehicle is proximate to a construction-zone, and
• in accordance with a determination that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone, change control of the host-vehicle from an automated-mode characterized by the controller-circuit steering the host-vehicle to a manual-mode characterized by an occupant of the host-vehicle steering the host-vehicle.

A method for operating an automated vehicle, said method comprising:

• operating a host-vehicle in an automated-mode, said automated-mode characterized by a controller-circuit steering the host-vehicle;
• detecting a construction-object with a detector;
• determining, in accordance with detecting the construction-object by the detector, that the host-vehicle is proximate to a construction-zone;
• and
• changing, in accordance with the determining that the host-vehicle is proximate the construction-zone, control of the host-vehicle from the automated-mode to a manual-mode, said manual-mode characterized by an occupant of the host-vehicle steering the host-vehicle.