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Citation

Stanton NA, Young MS. Ergonomics 2005; 48(10): 1294-1313.

Affiliation

School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK. Neville.Stanton@brunel.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00140130500252990

PMID

16253946

Abstract

This paper reports on the evaluation of adaptive cruise control (ACC) from a psychological perspective. It was anticipated that ACC would have an effect upon the psychology of driving, i.e. make the driver feel like they have less control, reduce the level of trust in the vehicle, make drivers less situationally aware, but workload might be reduced and driving might be less stressful. Drivers were asked to drive in a driving simulator under manual and ACC conditions. Analysis of variance techniques were used to determine the effects of workload (i.e. amount of traffic) and feedback (i.e. degree of information from the ACC system) on the psychological variables measured (i.e. locus of control, trust, workload, stress, mental models and situation awareness). The results showed that: locus of control and trust were unaffected by ACC, whereas situation awareness, workload and stress were reduced by ACC. Ways of improving situation awareness could include cues to help the driver predict vehicle trajectory and identify conflicts.

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