THE DRIVER'S RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM WITH REDUCED CAPACITY

This report presents the results of one in a series of experiments that investigated driver performance in a generic Automated Highway System ( AHS) configuration. The experiment examined how well drivers could take over a function(s) - steering alone, speed control alone or both - from the AHS when it was no longer able to perform that function(s). Results are reported. The study surmises that with the narrower lanes that have been proposed for the AHS, there is a risk that drivers will not be able to stay in their lanes if they must take back control of steering under the conditions of this experiment.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1996 Published By: Federal Highway Administration, McLean VA Remarks: Performed by the University of Iowa, Center for Computer-Aided Design under contract no. DTFH61-92-C-00100
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Iowa, Iowa City

  Center for Computer Aided Design, Engineering Research Facility
  Iowa City, IA  United States  52242

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Bloomfield, J R
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: viii, 99 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated highways; Automobile driving; Driving simulators; Human factors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00775034
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-96-067
• Files: PATH, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM