Designing and testing an in-vehicle tutoring system to improve drivers’ understanding of driving automation

A wide range of automated driving features now exist in modern vehicles, providing collision avoidance, lane keeping assist, adaptive cruise control, parking assist, etc. There are considerable concerns that drivers do not have an appropriate understanding of the system functionality, and are therefore either not using the features, or using them in an inappropriate (and potentially unsafe) way. The research project is being conducted at the University of Nottingham in collaboration with a car company and will investigate the potential for an in-vehicle tutoring system that would explain automated driving features before, during, and after use of the vehicle, with the goal of promoting safer use of automated driving technology.

Faculty Supervisor:

Birsen Donmez

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Partner:

University of Nottingham

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

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