Journal article
Is my AV crashing? An online photo-based experiment assessing whether shared intended pathway can help AV drivers anticipate silent failures
Ergonomics, Vol.66(12), pp.1984-1998
2023
PMID: 36756954
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Abstract
The shared responsibility between conditional AVs drivers demands shared understanding. Thus, a shared intended pathway (SIP) a graphical display of the AV's planned manoeuvres in a head up display to help drivers anticipate silent failures is proposed. An online, randomised photo experiment was conducted with 394 drivers in Australia. The photos presented traffic scenarios where the SIP forecast either safe or unsafe manoeuvres (silent failures). Participants were required to respond by selecting whether driver intervention was necessary or not. Additionally, the effects of presented object recognition bounding boxes which indicated whether a road user was recognised or not were also tested in the experiment. The SIP led to correct intervention choices 87% of the time, and to calibrating self reported trust, perceived ease of use and usefulness. The bounding boxes found no significant effects. Results suggest SIPs can assist in monitoring conditional automation. Future research in simulator studies is recommended.
Practitioner summary: Conditional AV drivers are expected to take over control during failures. However, drivers are not informed about the AV's planned manoeuvres. A visual display that presents the shared intended pathway is proposed to help drivers mitigate silent failures. This online photo experiment found the display helped anticipate failures with 87% accuracy.
Details
- Title
- Is my AV crashing? An online photo-based experiment assessing whether shared intended pathway can help AV drivers anticipate silent failures
- Authors
- Ritwik Swain (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Road Safety Research CollaborationSherrie-Anne Kaye (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAndry Rakotonirainy (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Ergonomics, Vol.66(12), pp.1984-1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1080/00140139.2023.2176551
- ISSN
- 1366-5847
- PMID
- 36756954
- Copyright note
- © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
- Grant note
- Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC)/ CARRS-Q, QUT Road Safety Research Collaboration/ University of the Sunshine Coast Research Training Programme Scholarship/ Australian Government
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99706998002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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