Assessing driver's mental representation of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and its possible effects on behavioural adaptations.
The introduction of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) could be very helpful for making the longitudinal driving task more comfortable for the drivers and, as a consequence, it could have a global beneficial effect on road safety. However, before or during the usage of the device, due to several reasons, drivers might generate in their mind incomplete or flawed mental representations about the fundamental operation principles of ACC; hence, the resulting usage of the device might be improper, negatively affecting the human-machine interaction and cooperation and, in some cases, leading to negative behavioural adaptations to the system that might neutralise the desirable positive effects on road safety. Within this context, this paper will introduce the methodology which has been developed in order to analyse in detail the topic and foresee, in the future, adequate actions for the recovery of inaccurate mental representations of the system.
Universitas, Cooperativa de Ensino Superior e Investigação Científica CRL, Alameda das Linhas de Torres 179, 1750-142 Lisboa, Portugal.
Giulio Francesco
GF
Piccinini
Anabela
A
Simões
Carlos Manuel
CM
Rodrigues
Miguel
M
Leitão
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001331:Automation; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology*; D001519:Behavior; D032882:Comprehension; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D012449:Safety