EFFECTS OF AGE, SYSTEM EXPERIENCE AND NAVIGATION TECHNIQUE ON DRIVING WITH AN ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEM

This paper explores the effects of age, system experience and navigation technique on driving, navigation performance and safety for drivers who used TravTek, an Advanced Traveler Information System. The first two studies investigated various route guidance configurations on the road in a specially equipped instrumented vehicle with an experimenter present. The third was a naturalistic quasiexperimental field study that collected data unobtrusively from more than 1200 TravTek rental car drivers with no in-vehicle experimenter. The results suggest that with increased experience, drivers become familiar with the system and develop strategies for substantially more efficient and safer use. The results also showed that drivers over age 65 had difficulty driving and navigating concurrently. They compensated by driving slowly and more cautiously. Despite this increased caution, older drivers made more safety related errors than did younger drivers. The results also showed that older drivers benefited substantially from a well-designed ATIS driver interface.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

  P.O. Box 1369
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90406-1369
• Authors:
  • Dingus, T A
  • Hulse, M C
  • Mollenhauer, M A
  • Fleischman, R N
  • MCGEHEE, D V
  • Manakkal, N
• Publication Date: 1997-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 177-199
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Age; Data collection; Driver experience; Driver performance; Drivers; Field studies; Knowledge; Navigation; Personnel performance; Route guidance; Rural travel; Traffic safety; Urban travel
• Old TRIS Terms: Age factor in driving; Navigation techniques
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00740301
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 12 1997 12:00AM