VOICE ACTIVATED LANE CHANGE WITH DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM VALIDATATION

In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided that include one or more microphones of a vehicle that are configured to obtain a voice input from a user of the vehicle with a request for the vehicle to make a lane change maneuver; one or more additional sensors of the vehicle, the one or more additional sensors configured to obtain additional sensor data pertaining to the user; and a processor that is coupled to the one or more microphones and that is configured to at least facilitate verifying the request using the additional sensor data; and automatically controlling the lane change maneuver based on the request, via instructions provided by the processor, based on both the voice input and the verification.