Impacts of In-Vehicle Alert Systems on Situational Awareness and Driving Performance in SAE Level 3 Vehicle Automation
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2022-06-01
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Edition:Final Report, 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2020
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Abstract:With greater vehicle automation, research on how the communication of capabilities and limitations of automated driving systems (ADSs) impacts safety needed. High profile crashes involving misuse of partial driving automation systems (L2) suggest that some drivers over-trust currently available L2 ADSs relative to their capabilities. This could worsen with L3 ADSs that might require driver intervention while being automated most of the time. In this simulator study, participants were provided introductory information via video that communicated the driver’s role at different levels of automation as well as the capabilities and limitations of the simulated L3 ADS. This video ended with either an explicit reminder of the driver’s responsibilities when using conditional driving automation (L3 Reminder condition) or highlighted benefits that might arrive with higher levels of driving automation (Future Benefits condition). Significant differences were found in ratings of familiarity, with participants in the Future Benefits condition reporting greater levels of familiarity over the course of the experiment (though still low) than their L3 Reminder condition counterparts, but few group differences in monitoring or take-over performance were found between conditions. The importance of hands-on practice for improving aspects of take-over performance was observed.
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