VULNERABLE ROAD USER’S ADVERSARIAL BEHAVIOR OPPORTUNITY AND CAPABILITY

A system for determining opportunity and capability for identified adversarial behavior within an autonomous vehicle, comprising a pedestrian detection system, a vehicle controller and an adversarial intent algorithm adapted to determine a risk level of adversarial behavior from at least one pedestrian within proximity of the autonomous vehicle, and, when the adversarial intent algorithm determines that there is a risk of adversarial behavior, to determine a risk level of the adversarial behavior based on opportunity and capability.