A WORKLOAD APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF VEHICLE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS

Ease of control is the most important dimension in the evaluation of vehicle handling characteristics. In this paper, an introduction to the workload approach is presented and is applied to driving. In a series of three studies with different manoeuvres, the efficiency and validity of this approach is shown for measuring effects of both the driving task and handling characteristics on the driver. The results prove that subjective effort, measures of performance (especially, operating input), and physiological measures are able to determine workload in the driving environment, sensitivity, and a high degree of diagnostic accuracy. Applications to vehicle construction and driving simulations are discussed. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E206480.

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• Authors:
  • Krueger, H-P
  • Neukum, Alexandra
  • Schuller, J
• Conference:
  • SAE PUBLICATION SP-1539. HUMAN FACTORS IN 2000: DRIVING, LIGHTING, SEATING COMFORT, AND HARMONY IN VEHICLE SYSTEMS: PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SAE 2000 WORLD CONGRESS, MARCH 6-9, 2000, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA (SAE TECHNICAL PAPER 2000-01-0170)
• Publication Date: 2000-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 25-36

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Drivers; Driving; Evaluation and assessment; Heart; Mechanical acceleration; Physiology; Psychology; Steering
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2037: Heart; 2062: Physiology; 2255: Psychology; 1834: Steering (process); 1646: Vehicle handling
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00920613
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 0-7680-0589-2
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 6 2002 12:00AM