Driving with a partially autonomous forward collision warning system: How do drivers react?

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 698-708

  Muhrer, Elke ^a   Reinprecht, Klaus ^a   Vollrath, Mark ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

driving behavior; expectations; forward collision warning; gaze behavior; partially autonomous driver assistance system; rear end crash; situation awareness

Indexed keywords

DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATIONS; FORWARD COLLISION WARNINGS; GAZE BEHAVIOR; REAR-END CRASHES; SITUATION AWARENESS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; FRICTION MATERIALS;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REACTION TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867383499     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812439712     Document Type: Article

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