Sub-systems on the road to vehicle automation: hands and feet free but not ‘mind’ free driving
Sub-systems on the road to vehicle automation: hands and feet free but not ‘mind’ free driving
Automation essentially enables drivers to become “hands and feet free” but not necessarily “mind-free” during vehicle operation and on these grounds, increased vehicle automation may contribute to safety concerns rather than overcome them. Although automated systems were originally designed to improve driver safety by reducing driver fatigue, stress and ultimately error, there is growing concern within the Ergonomics and Human Factors community that automation may introduce additional complexity into the driving task placing increased pressure on drivers to monitor both the environment and behaviour of vehicle sub-systems. This paper considers how increasing the level of automation within the sub-tasks of driving may affect the traditional role of the driver. Using the Distributed Cognition approach and Operator Sequence Diagrams as a representational aid, this paper indicates that the level at which automation is set significantly affects the dynamism of the system network.
automation, pedestrian AEB, operator sequence diagram, distributed cognition, complexity
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Banks, Victoria A.
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Stanton, Neville A.
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Harvey, Catherine
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February 2014
Banks, Victoria A.
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Stanton, Neville A.
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Harvey, Catherine
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Banks, Victoria A., Stanton, Neville A. and Harvey, Catherine
(2014)
Sub-systems on the road to vehicle automation: hands and feet free but not ‘mind’ free driving.
Safety Science, 62, .
(doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2013.10.014).
Abstract
Automation essentially enables drivers to become “hands and feet free” but not necessarily “mind-free” during vehicle operation and on these grounds, increased vehicle automation may contribute to safety concerns rather than overcome them. Although automated systems were originally designed to improve driver safety by reducing driver fatigue, stress and ultimately error, there is growing concern within the Ergonomics and Human Factors community that automation may introduce additional complexity into the driving task placing increased pressure on drivers to monitor both the environment and behaviour of vehicle sub-systems. This paper considers how increasing the level of automation within the sub-tasks of driving may affect the traditional role of the driver. Using the Distributed Cognition approach and Operator Sequence Diagrams as a representational aid, this paper indicates that the level at which automation is set significantly affects the dynamism of the system network.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 8 November 2013
Published date: February 2014
Keywords:
automation, pedestrian AEB, operator sequence diagram, distributed cognition, complexity
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Civil Maritime & Env. Eng & Sci Unit
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Local EPrints ID: 364639
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/364639
ISSN: 0925-7535
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