Traffic is culture. It determines what is where and on which routes, who meets and who doesn't it forms the basis of the networks between people and things. With the automation of traffic, the establishment of driver assistance systems and the development of self-driving cars, it is not only the relationships of human and non-human traffic participants that are being called into question. The ethical and legal foundations of road traffic as well as the basic conditions of interaction must also be re-negotiated. The contributors to this volume analyse the transformations of mobility, the traffic revolution and the highly charged object of the car from the perspectives of media and cultural studies.
