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This study proposed an MRM strategy designed to enhance highway-driving safety during MRM execution under multiple sensor-failure conditions. A hazard and operability study analysis, based on an ADS behavior model, is conducted to systematically identify hazards, determine potential hazardous events, and categorize the associated safety risks arising from sensor failures. Within the proposed strategy, virtual objects are generated to account for potential hazards and support risk assessments. Adaptive MRM behavior is determined in real time by analyzing surrounding objects and evaluating time-to-collision and time headway. The strategy is verified by using a MATLAB\u2013CARLA co-simulation environment across three representative highway scenarios with combined sensor failures. 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