Safety Aspects of CRT Touch Panel Controls in Automobiles

The introduction of in-vehicle CRT touch panel controls which require a number of consecutive eye fixations and a fairly stringent eye-hand-finger coordination and touch accuracy for several seconds inside a moving vehicle should be reconsidered and delayed. CRT touch panel controls and their sequential operation, as investigated in this study, do not seem to provide adequate driver safety and performance. In their present form, CRT touch panels appear not to be as safe as knobs, push buttons and levers that are currently being used. A tentative design guide is proposed and presented to aid designers in the design and applications of CRT touch panels and sophisticated displays in automobiles which will, hopefully, be more in tune with human capabilities and limitations and will ensure a more adequate and acceptable level of safety and driver performance during their operation while driving along a straight, smooth road with no other traffic close by and no traffic control devices or other obstacles present.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
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• Authors:
  • Zwahlen, Helmut T
  • Adams, Charles C
  • DeBals, David P
• Conference:
  • Vision in Vehicles II. Second International Conference on Vision in Vehicles
  • Location: Nottingham , United Kingdom
  • Date: 1987-9-14 to 1987-9-17
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 335-344
• Monograph Title: VISION IN VEHICLES II. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VISION IN VEHICLES, NOTTINGHAM, UK, 14-17 SEPTEMBER 1987

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control panels; Driver information systems; Driver performance; Driver support systems; Eye fixations; Guidelines; Human factors in crashes; In vehicle sensors; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01166609
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780444704238
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2010 8:10AM