Citation

Clark H, McLaughlin AC, Feng J. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 2017; 61(1): 1452-1456.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1541931213601848

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Within human factors research of highly automated driving, in addition to examining the design of notifications of expected takeovers of vehicle control, understanding how drivers handle unexpected takeovers is of critical importance. Given a sufficient level of situational awareness has been shown as a premise for task performance in various domains, this study aims to establish a situational awareness measure in the context of highly automated driving using a simple platform for experimentation. In this study, we measured participants' situational awareness when viewing a video of simulated automated system, and their time-to-takeover when vehicle automation failed unexpectedly (as indicated by an abnormal change of vehicle speed and lane position). The results verified the link between lower levels of situational awareness and longer time to respond to a takeover event, suggesting the potential use of the simple platform for experimentation and quick prototyping.

Language: en