Are we really making driving safer?

Southampton University’s Transportation Research Group has been examining the role of human factors in automobile driving as the use of autonomous systems increases. A high percentage of accidents are due to driver inattentiveness or incomplete information. It is believed by some that automated vehicles will bring about an accident-free future. Driving will be performed by a combination of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and the driver will become a passive monitor of systems. There has been concern, however, that vehicle automation increases pressure on drivers to monitor the environment and systems. Automation can affect the interaction between the driver and vehicle, changing drivers’ thought processes and responses to tasks. System design plays an important role and further study of driver sensitive support systems in needed.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/location-based-systems/features/does-adas-create-as-many-problems-as-it-solves/
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/35183091
• Authors:
  • Banks, Victoria
  • Stanton, Neville
• Publication Date: 2014-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 57-58
• Serial:
  • ITS International
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 1463-6344
  • Serial URL: http://www.itsinternational.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attention; Driver support systems; Drivers; Highway safety; Human factors; Intelligent agents; System design
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01541982
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2014 11:21AM