Patent ID: 8825264

Claim:
A method for maneuvering a vehicle, the method comprising: accessing map information including one or more zones, each zone being associated with a rule that indicates a driver to take control of a control aspect of the vehicle; identifying, by a processor, a route based on the map information, where the route requires the vehicle to pass through at least one zone of the one or more zones; maneuvering, by the processor, the vehicle to a destination by controlling a first control aspect and a second control aspect without continuous input from the driver, wherein the first and second control aspects are selected from the group consisting of acceleration, deceleration, and steering; when the vehicle is within a predetermined distance along the route of the at least one zone, identifying the rule associated with the at least one zone, identifying the control aspect of the identified rule as the first control aspect, and notifying the driver of the need to control the first control aspect through the at least one zone; receiving input from the driver indicating that the driver is controlling the first control aspect; and in response to receiving the input and while the driver is controlling the first control aspect, continuing, by the processor, to control the second control aspect.