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https://doi.org/10.3141/1694-05

http://scholar.google.com...tner&publication_year=1999

Human factors issues involved in defining driver warnings for potentially hazardous situations at intersections are addressed. General issues include what information to present to drivers (warning content), when to present it (timing of warning), and how to present it (type of warning modality). The work reported is being conducted to assist in the design of a driver-vehicle interface (DVI) warning system for the Intersection Collision Avoidance Using Intelligent Vehicle Highway System Countermeasures (ICA) program. The ICA program is one of four collision avoidance system programs sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of Crash Avoidance Research. Initially, the results of an on-road baseline study that examined driver behavior during approaches to intersections controlled by stop signs are reviewed with respect to the timing of driver warnings. Subsequently, haptic warning characteristics for an intersection collision avoidance system are defined, and DVI design guideline recommendations for implementing haptic warnings generated through vehicle brake pulsing are included. Vehicle brake system modifications required to achieve brake-pulsing parameters are described. Human factors test plans directed toward verification that physical properties generated through brake pulsing are readily recognized and accepted by drivers are delineated. As part of verification efforts, track tests will be performed with various intersection approach speeds and driving maneuvers. Effect of velocity on perception of haptic warning will be evaluated for ranges of magnitudes and duration of brake pulsing. The test results will support ICA test-bed development in the latter part of the ICA program.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1694, Research on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Human Factors, and Advanced Traveler Information System Design and Effects.

English

p. 34-41

1999

Transportation Research Record

0309071216

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Braking; Crash avoidance systems; Driver vehicle interfaces; Human factors; Intelligent transportation systems; Intersections; Tactile perception; Testing; Velocity; Warning systems

Brake pulsing

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

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