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Drowsiness in conditional automation: Proneness, diagnosis and driving performance effects

  • Technical University of Munich
  • Delft University of Technology

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Abstract

Fatigue and drowsiness can play an important role in Conditional Automation (CA), as drowsy drivers may fail to properly recover control. In order to provide better insight in the effects of drowsy driving in Take Over Request (TOR), we designed a driving experiment that extends related literature in drowsiness research CA with self-rated subjective drowsiness, and analyze TOR performance adopting methods from recent TOR publications. Results show that under certain conditions, drivers are very prone to drowsiness. Specifically, in this study the majority of subjects reported a high level of drowsiness before 15 minutes. Furthermore, this self-perceived drowsiness was followed by a decrement in vehicle lateral control during TOR. In this time frame, remaining driving performance and eye-Tracking related metrics did not show significant decrements traditionally associated with fatigue and drowsiness, suggesting self-report to be more indicative of drowsiness than eye-based metrics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE 19th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages873-878
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781509018895
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Dec 2016
Event19th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 1 Nov 20164 Nov 2016

Publication series

NameIEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC
Volume0
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0017

Conference

Conference19th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2016
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period1/11/164/11/16

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