Personalizing automated driving speed to enhance user experience and performance in intermediate-level automated driving
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Personalized automated driving speeds, mimicking human drivers, enhance comfort and perceived safety in intermediate automation (SAE levels 2-3). This approach also improves takeover performance and could boost traffic flow and safety.
Area Of Science
- Human-computer interaction
- Automotive engineering
- Transportation psychology
Background
- Personalized driving styles in high-level automation (SAE levels 4-5) enhance user experience.
- The transferability of these benefits to intermediate automation levels (SAE levels 2-3) remains underexplored.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the impact of personalized driving speed on user experience and takeover performance in intermediate driving automation (SAE levels 2-3).
- To assess the mediating role of perceived safety and moderating role of trust in the relationship between personalized speed and comfort.
Main Methods
- A simulator study involving 52 participants.
- Phase 1: Recording of individual driving speeds.
- Phase 2: Participants experienced automated driving at either their personalized speed or 20 km/h faster, with occasional takeover requests.
Main Results
- Personalized driving speed significantly increased comfort, mediated by perceived safety.
- Trust in automated systems moderated the effect of driving speed on perceived safety.
- Personalized speed reduced brake force and longitudinal acceleration during takeovers, improving smoothness.
Conclusions
- Personalized automated driving speeds offer benefits in comfort and safety for intermediate automation (SAE levels 2-3).
- This personalization strategy can enhance traffic flow and overall safety.
- Findings support the extension of personalized driving style benefits beyond high-level automation.
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