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

J. Goncalves, Riender Happee, KJ Bengler

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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 publicationProceedings of the IEEE 19th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2016
    EditorsR. Rosetti, D. Wolf
    Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ, USA
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Pages873-878
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509018895
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016
    EventITSC 2016: 19th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Duration: 1 Nov 20164 Dec 2016
    Conference number: 19

    Conference

    ConferenceITSC 2016: 19th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems
    Abbreviated titleITSC 2016
    Country/TerritoryBrazil
    CityRio de Janeiro
    Period1/11/164/12/16

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