Driving Automation: A Human Factors Perspective

The technology behind self-driving cars is being promoted as a solution to transport problems, but human factors must be considered to ensure benefits while avoiding pitfalls. Driving Automation: A Human Factors Perspective covers mental workload, performance, interface design, monitoring, eco-driving, failure responses, and human-centred automation. It is useful for graduate students and professionals in ergonomics, automotive engineering, and health and safety.

Format: Hardback
Length: 274 pages
Publication date: 10 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The technology behind self-driving cars is being heavily promoted as the solution to a wide range of transportation problems, including safety, congestion, and environmental impact. This comprehensive text examines the critical role that human factors play in driving forward future vehicle automation in a way that maximizes benefits while minimizing potential pitfalls.

Driving Automation: A Human Factors Perspective delves into a diverse range of issues related to vehicle automation, extending beyond the mere question of "can we" to "how should we." It addresses essential topics such as mental workload and malleable attentional resources theory, the effects of automation on driver performance, the design of in-vehicle interfaces, driver monitoring systems, eco-driving practices, responses to automation failure, and human-centered automation.

This text is particularly valuable for graduate students and professionals in fields such as ergonomics/human factors, automobile engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, and health and safety. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the human factors that are crucial in shaping the future of vehicle automation, enabling them to contribute to the development of safe, efficient, and user-friendly transportation systems.

Weight: 556g
Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367754457