Driver behavior following an automatic steering intervention
Autor: | Nicola Fricke, Anna Schieben, Stefan Griesche, Tobias Hesse, Martin Baumann |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Automobile Driving Engineering Driving behavior Human Factors and Ergonomics Driving simulator Automation Young Adult Intervention (counseling) Collision mitigation Humans Computer Simulation Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Simulation business.industry Accidents Traffic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Automatic steering Steering wheel Awareness Middle Aged Collision Subjective data Female False alarm business Automobiles Steering response |
Zdroj: | Accident Analysis & Prevention. 83:190-196 |
ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
Popis: | The study investigated driver behavior toward an automatic steering intervention of a collision mitigation system. Forty participants were tested in a driving simulator and confronted with an inevitable collision. They performed a naïve drive and afterwards a repeated exposure in which they were told to hold the steering wheel loosely. In a third drive they experienced a false alarm situation. Data on driving behavior, i.e. steering and braking behavior as well as subjective data was assessed in the scenarios. Results showed that most participants held on to the steering wheel strongly or counter-steered during the system intervention during the first encounter. Moreover, subjective data collected after the first drive showed that the majority of drivers was not aware of the system intervention. Data from the repeated drive in which participants were instructed to hold the steering wheel loosely, led to significantly more participants holding the steering wheel loosely and thus complying with the instruction. This study seems to imply that without knowledge and information of the system about an upcoming intervention, the most prevalent driving behavior is a strong reaction with the steering wheel similar to an automatic steering reflex which decreases the system's effectiveness. Results of the second drive show some potential for countermeasures, such as informing drivers shortly before a system intervention in order to prevent inhibiting reactions. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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