SupportIN
Full title: Driver SUPPORTive INteraction and Improved User Experience
To increase the usage of driver assistance systems, they must be comprehensible, helpful, and trustworthy. They must be clear about their limitations and be perceived as subordinate to the driver's will.
The study's purpose is hypothesis-generating, but we believe that users will want to make the systems more flexible in the driving task (DDT – dynamic driving task) and more clearly visualise what limitations exist in the current traffic environment and situation, for example curve radii and road crests, missing road markings, sensors that have been blinded by contamination, etc.
Traffic safety benefit: The pre-study is expected to lead to concrete proposals on how to improve the user experience for technical systems such as ACC and lane keeping to ensure that the systems are active as far as technically possible. One expected aspect is to better clarify the technical limitations of the systems and to effectively point out appropriate driving adjustments in the event of, for example, missing road markings.
Key words: UX, Safety by design, Driver assistance systems