Evaluation of a surrogate forward collision warning system in an electrophysiological perspective
Driver distraction has been identified as the most important contributing factor in rear-end collisions. In this context, Forward Collision Warning Systems (FCWS) have been developed specifically to warn drivers of potential rear-end collisions. The main objective of this work is to evaluate the impact of a surrogate FCWS and of its reliability according to the driver's attentional state by recording both behavioural and electrophysiological data. Participants drove following a lead motorcycle in a simplified simulator with a warning system when they were undistracted or distracted by a cognitive secondary task. Behavioural and electrophysiological data contributed to revealing a positive effect of the warning system. Performance and information processing at neural level were considerably affected by the secondary task; however the warning system seems to reduce the negative impact of the dual task. Nevertheless this effect seems due to a facilitation of the processing in simple task rather than a facilitation in dual task. Electrophysiological data could be a valuable tool to complement behavioural data and to gain a better understanding of how these systems impact the driver.
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Authors:
- BUENO, Mercedes
- FORT, Alexandra
- DELEURENCE, Philippe
- NDIAYE, Daniel
- FABRIGOULE, Colette
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Conference:
- European Conference on Human Centred Design for Intelligent Transport Systems
- Location: VALENCE
- Date: 2012-0-0
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 8 p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems
- ITRD Terms: 1441: Systeme anticollision
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01497719
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
- Contract Numbers: C10-02, Projet Européen ADAPTATION -7ème PCRD
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 7 2013 11:50AM