Drivers' behavioural reactions to unexpected events : Influence of workload, environment and driver characteristics

Autor: Schaap, T.W., Arem, B. van, Horst, A.R.A. van der
Přispěvatelé: TNO Defensie en Veiligheid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Zuylen, H.J. vanBinsbergen, A.J. van, TRAIL In Perspective, Selected Papers 10th International TRAIL Congress., 213-231
Popis: Many subtasks are relevant simultaneously when driving at urban intersections. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can support the driver in this complex task. For a well-guided development and evaluatoin process of ADAS, insight into how different driving tasks influence each other is needed. Earlier research has shown that the interaction between different subtasks is changed by unexpected events. A driving simulator experiment was conducted to determine how gender, workload and event urgency influence this. Participants' reactions to two unexpected events were measured. Participants temporarily changed their driving behaviour in reaction to the event. Urgency of the event increased this effect; workload changed the length of adjustments to the event. An interaction effect was found between workload and urgency: participants with high workload drove smoother, unless urgency of the unexpected event reached a threshold. No influence of gender was found. Keywords Behavioural adaptation, workload, gender, levels of the driving task contents complete proceedings: 1 Introduction 217 2 Background 218 2.1 Structure of the driving task 218 2.2 Factors which might influence the bottom-up interaction between driving tasks 218 2.3 Measuring driving behaviour and workload 219 3 Aim and research questions 220 4 Method 221 4.1 Participants 221 4.2 Data measurement 221 4.3 Experimental design 222 4.4 Analysis 223 5 Results 224 5.1 Expectations and workload 224 5.2 Behavioural reactions to the unexpected events 225 5.2.1 Effects of event type 225 5.2.2 Effects of workload 225 5.2.3 Effects of event urgency 226 5.2.4 Effects of gender 228 6 Discussion and conclusions 228 Acknowledgements 229 References 230
Databáze: OpenAIRE