This Special Interest Session (SIS) will present the final results from the Cooperative and Highly Automated Driving (CHAD) project and the project management team. More specifically, CHAD project was looking at the following dimensions: drivers, interaction with existing digital infrastructure, specific Australian use cases, public awareness, and demonstration of technologies. Assessing safety benefits and impact of introducing Cooperative and Automated Vehicles (CAV) on Queensland roads, the Cooperative and Highly Automated Driving Pilot used a purpose-built Renault Zoe platform research prototype Level Four CAV to examine: physical road infrastructure interaction: road data were collected through mapping drives in specific environments, such as urban, sub-urban and rural areas. This enabled the team examine CAV interactions of CAVs for several unique Australian scenarios. digital infrastructure interaction: AV interactions in a connected environment, interacting with connected infrastructure and systems. interaction with other road users: an extensive literature review and engaging international experts determined three (3) unique Australian scenarios for AV testing, long trucks (road trains), Australian fauna (kangaroos) and single lane carriageways. driver behaviour (the human to machine interface): public participants were given the opportunity to sit in the driver's seat of the CAV and encouraged to undertake tasks other than driving, to assess the handover/back interaction between driver and AV. public perception of CAVs: several public demonstrations have been delivered, both static and dynamic. Each of the dynamic demonstrations involved researching public perceptions of CAVs before and after their experience in the demonstration. The proposed symposium currently features five (5) speakers and, as such, it is proposed each speaker will present 10 minutes, allowing 30 minutes for session wrap-up, questions and panel discussion.