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  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Auditory Perception
  • Automotive Safety

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  • Auditory alerts enhance driver performance in simulations.
  • Accurate sound source localization by drivers is crucial but understudied.
  • Driving simulation validity may depend on accurate auditory perception assumptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate drivers' ability to accurately localize auditory alerts in a driving simulator.
  • To assess sound localization accuracy, directional error, and confidence levels.
  • To identify potential biases in auditory alert perception based on sound source location.

Main Methods:

  • A sound localization task was conducted in a full-chassis driving simulator.
  • Twenty-nine participants judged the location of sounds from seven surrounding sources.
  • Performance metrics included localization accuracy, relative directional error, and confidence ratings.

Main Results:

  • Sound localization performance was best for sounds presented from the left and right cardinal directions.
  • Localization accuracy was poorest for sounds originating from the front and rear.
  • Participant confidence in localization judgments was lowest for rear-presented sounds.

Conclusions:

  • Drivers' ability to localize auditory alerts varies significantly with sound source direction.
  • Auditory alerts are perceived most accurately from the sides, and least accurately from the front and rear.
  • Findings have implications for the design and placement of external auditory alarms in vehicles.