ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS COMPONENTS OF THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: DESIGN ALTERNATIVES FOR IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAYS

This report describes the results of an experiment that examines the effect of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) devices. Specifically, it examines how In-Vehicle Safety Advisory and Warning Systems (IVSAWS) and In-Vehicle Signing and Information Systems (ISIS) characteristics affect driver compliance with warning messages and driving safety. These characteristics include display modality, message style, and display location. A general issue facing ATIS designers is the concern that ATIS warning messages may go unheeded by drivers. Therefore, a critical element of ATIS design concerns is making information easily accessible and compelling so drivers comply with the warnings. The results show converging evidence that ATIS warnings can generate greater compliance compared to road signs. Another general issue that faces ATIS designers is the potential for ATIS devices to undermine driving safety. The results of this experiment show that ATIS devices can undermine driving safety by fostering an overreliance on ATIS information. The results also show how particular ATIS design characteristics can minimize the overreliance and its negative effects on driving safety.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/96147/toc.cfm
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57145
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Human Factors Transportation Center

  1100 Dexter Avenue North
  Seattle, WA  United States  98109-3598

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Lee, J D
  • Stone, S
  • Gore, B F
  • Colton, C
  • Macauley, J
  • Kinghorn, R
  • Campbell, J L
  • Finch, M
  • Jamieson, G
• Publication Date: 1997-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 86 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced driver information systems; Advanced traveler information systems; Compliance; Design; Information display systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Location; Messages (Communications); Traffic safety; Warning devices; Warning systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00795340
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-96-147,, Technical Report,, 3B2C1012
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-92-C-00102
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 20 2000 12:00AM