TY - JOUR
PY - 2019//
TI - Exploring the self-regulation of secondary task engagement in the context of partially automated driving: a pilot study
JO - Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour
A1 - Lin, Rui
A1 - Liu, Na
A1 - Ma, Liang
A1 - Zhang, Tingru
A1 - Zhang, Wei
SP - 147
EP - 160
VL - 64
IS -
N2 - During partially automated driving (level 2 in SAE, 2014), an increase in drivers' engagement in secondary tasks was observed even though drivers still need to monitor the road and take over in a timely manner in critical situations. In this situation, how drivers would strategically schedule secondary task processing according to the hazard monitoring demand remains unclear. This paper presents a pilot study applying a simple vigilance task to simulate the monitoring condition during a partially automated driving session. We gained insights on how drivers voluntarily schedule secondary task processing according to the current and anticipatory monitoring demand on a structured three-level manna.
RESULTS indicated that participants' anticipation of a higher hazard event rate or a higher urgency level could promote more attention to monitoring the hazard. Furthermore, when the expectation of an upcoming hazard increased, participants allocated more attention to discharge the surveillance role. Finally, a descriptive test-engage-wait-exit model indicated that participants tended to disengage from the secondary task with the anticipation of a more urgent hazard but to continue the secondary task with frequent switching-back for a less urgent hazard.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 1369-8478 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2019.05.005 ID - ref1 ER -