Presentation from Gianfranco Burzio at parallel session on Human factors and driver behaviour
- 1. 3rd edition Brussels, Belgium Transport Research Arena Europe 2010 7 – 10, June 2010 A SUBJECTIVE FIELD TEST ON LANE DEPARTURE WARNING FUNCTION - EUROFOT Gianfranco Burzio, Roberto Tadei, Leandro Guidotti Centro Ricerche Fiat, Politecnico di Torino, Univ. Modena-Reggio Emilia
- 2. The EuroFot project • Perform multiple coordinated tests of Intelligent Vehicle Systems with ordinary drivers in real traffic • Investigate performance, driver behaviour and user acceptance • Assess the impacts on safety, efficiency and the environment, based on road data Italian test is focused on Lane Departure Warning, with a large subjective experimental test 2 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 3. FOT phases 3 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 4. Field Operational Test 4 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 5. Vehicles Management Centres 500 cars 12 months 5 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 6. The Lane Departure Warning function The Lane Departure Warning (LDW) is available as optional on the new Lancia Delta and provides the feedback to the driver through a torque applied on the steering wheel as soon as the driver is going close or overcome a lane border unintentionally. No warning is issued if the turn indicator has been activated or if the manoeuvre is clearly intentional. The device warns also the driver, acoustically, when it detects that he/she has not the hands on the steering wheel. 6 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 7. Hypothesis to be verified LDW decreases/mitigates lateral incidents, near-crashes, and accidents LDW influences lateral driving performance LDW increases the use of turn indicators in lane change situations LDW increases usage more and more over time LDW increases night driving LDW warning leads to an appropriate driver reaction LDW is well accepted by the driver LDW acceptance/adoption increases with LDW usage 7 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 8. Questionnaires Five questionnaires are planned for customers of new Lancia Delta with Driving Advisor: 1. After the order but before vehicle availability: driver characteristics and preliminary risk assessment. 2. After few weeks of vehicle use, initial feedback. 3,4. After periods of use of the vehicle, three months. 5. Final questionnaire, new risk assessment. Customer could also report specific events, when the device has been useful (or not) to avoid dangerous situations. 8 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 9. Event register Used to allow subjects to easily inform about important “events” happened during the use (or not) of the LDW. It is asked to keep this module (a small book with several copies of them) in the car, and to compile the module as soon as possible after the event. The module is very simple and could be filled in less then a minute. 9 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 10. Field Test Plan Pilot test: 10-20 customers Test group: 250-350 customers Control group: 150-250 customers (Lancia Delta w/out LDW) 10 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 11. Pilot test Piloting tests start October 2009 10 vehicles with LDW. Number of vehicles in Piloting tests 10 vehicles without LDW as piloting Control Group. New owners of Lancia Delta equipped Piloting drivers recruited from with Driving Advisor optional feature (LDW system). 3 months. Submission of introduction Duration of Piloting test questionnaire and some periodical questionnaires to test core items. 11 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 12. Outcome of the pilot test Questionnaires validation Understandability and Comprehension on items wording on translation VMC procedures setup Online tool setup Incentives 12 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 13. Database tool For questionnaire analysis a specific tool has been developed Answers are “digitalised” by Eurofot operators The same tool will be used for several VMC activities, for example reminders 13 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 14. Limesurvey tool The same tool could be used by the subject to answer to the questionnaires directly online This will reduce the possibility of errors, since the answers are directly entered in the database Also reminder activities will be simpler (by email) This tools has been extended also to another FOT. 14 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 15. Status of the FOT (May 2010) After few months about 250 customers have been contacted About 150 have accepted to participate to the FOT Others 500 will be contacted to be part of the control group (without the system, target 150-200) Extension to IVECO STRALIS drivers under consideration (German market, about 300 potential subjects) 15 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 16. Conclusions Understand the impact of LDW with respect to several aspects: perceived safety; usefulness; acceptance; comfort; driving behaviors; subjective mental workload. Given the huge sample to be collected (500 drivers, 2500 questionnaires), this assessment would offer to OEM’s, stakeholders and researchers the possibility to consider the results of this analysis extendable to the drivers’ universe as a whole. 16 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels
- 17. Thanks for the attention Gianfranco Burzio European Network Product Research Centro Ricerche Fiat gianfranco.burzio@crf.it Joint work with: Guido Perboli, Roberto Tadei – Politecnico di Torino Leandro Guidotti, Roberto Montanari , Francesco Tesauri Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia Michele Settanni – Università di Torino 17 Transport Research Arena Europe 2010, Brussels