Should Steering Settings be Changed by the Driver or by the Vehicle Itself?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cars are increasingly computerized, and vehicle settings such as steering gain (SG) can now be altered during driving. However, it is unknown whether transitions in SG should be adaptable (i.e., triggered by driver input) or adaptive (i.e., triggered automatically). We examined this question for road segments expected to require different SG.

Objective

This paper aimed to investigate whether SG mode changes should be made by the driver or automatically.

Methods

Twenty-four participants drove under four conditions in a simulator: fixed low gain (FL), fixed high gain (FH), a machine-initiated steering system, which switched between the two SG levels at predetermined locations (MI), and a driver-initiated steering system, in which the SG level could be chang

SUBMITTER: Melman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900860 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature