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Older Divers’ needs and expectations concerning car driving Assistances: a Focus Group study among French drivers. Authors : T. BELLET , J.C. PARIS , C. MARIN-LAMELLET (IFSTTAR – LESCOT). Vienna, the 5th of June 2014 . Research Objectives.
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Older Divers’ needs and expectations concerning car driving Assistances: a Focus Group study among French drivers Authors: T.BELLET, J.C. PARIS, C.MARIN-LAMELLET (IFSTTAR – LESCOT) • Vienna, the 5th of June 2014
Research Objectives • To increase knowledge about French Older Drivers’ Difficulties when driving their own car • To Identify Older drivers’ Uses, Expectations and Acceptance of Driving Aids(Existing or Futures) • To Investigate potential Differences between Women and Men • In order to Identify and/or Specify future Driving Aids specificallyadapted to Older Drivers : =>S-ADAS : Senior Adapted Driving Aid Systems
Method for data collection • Focus Groups: involving around 5 participants (+/- 2) • Total Duration : 3 hours (+ 2 coffee breaks) • Individual Opinionswere firstly collectedby using Likert scales (from 0 % to 100%) : • A kind of “Collective Questionnaire” (individual Grid) • Avoid inter-individual influences in the group • Collective discussions / debates(on overall issues), but supported by Individual opinions initially collected • Similar versus Contrastedpoints of view
Data collection :LikertScales (from 0% to 100%) Difficulties when driving: Question) Have you any difficulties to [example] when driving ? Sometimes Rather « NO » Rather « YES » Frequently NEVER Not at All Absolutely ALWAYS Driving Assistance Interest / Utility: 0 % 0 % 50 % 50 % 100 % 100 % Question) Could be [example of driving aid] interesting for you ?
Method: Investigated Topics(125 items) • Sub-components of the driving task (90 items) • Navigation : route planning and trip following (16 items) • Speed control and speed limits respect (42 items) • Intersection crossing (16 items) • Highway Insertion and Lane Changemanoeuvres (16 items) • For each of these topics : • Difficulties:they met when they drive their own car • Aid Needs: Uses (if existing) or Wishes (regarding future driving aids) • Interactions with other Road Users (20 items) • Problems when interacting with specific sub-groups of other RU (6 main groups: Motorcycles, Bicycles, other Cars, Trucks, Bus, Pedestrians) • Aggressive behaviours from others and their Context of Occurrence • Vehicle Automation : Utility and Acceptance (15 items)
Participants • Number: 30 Older drivers • Gender: 15 Women and 15 Men • Age: from 70 to 85 years old (Mean of 75 yo) • Coming from a Representative Sample of 76 Olderdrivers of the Rhône area • All of them have previously participated to a driving experiment on open road (IFSTTAR Car) • 6 Focus Group Sessions were organized (in mean: 5 participants / session)
Preliminary Results for some driving sub-tasks • Difficulties, Errors and Needs • Driving Aid Uses or Expectations • Women versus Men Differences • (if statistically significant, t-student test; p <0.05)
NAVIGATION : Difficulties and Aids Uses/Expectations • Difficulties to perform the Navigation Task (without aid) : • Easy for Familiar Trip (5%), more difficult for Unfamiliar Route (34%) • Some difficulties to Find (34%) and then Read (33%) road signs • Adaptive strategies: large part of them prepare their trip if they have to use an unfamiliar Route (From Maps or via-Michelin/Mappy) • Driving Aid Uses and Expectations : • 69% of the participants have a Driving Aid for Navigation • They frequently use it(41%), also for familiar trip • They are highly interested by Future Navigation Systems based-on Head-Up Display (72%) or Augmented Reality (75%) • Women versus Men differences: • Significant differences for “trust in Nav. Aids” and “Self-Confidence”
Women-Men comparison for Navigation: “Trust in driving Aids” & “Self-Confidence” Trust in Navigation Aids Self-Confidence for Nav. MEN WOMEN (significant lowest values)
Speed Control and Regulation: • Difficulties and Expectations
Speed Control: Difficulties (without using any Driving Aid) => Highly concerned while driving (76%) Attitude Speed Violations (If occurring) Main Difficulties Would like to Respect Speed Limits Deliberate Involuntary To Know the current speed limit To monitor their Car Velocity
Speed Control: Difficulties / Context • (without using any Driving Aid) Rural Change70-90 Highway Change130-110 Urban 50 Km/H Rural90 km/h UrbanHighway90 Km/H Highway130 Km/H Urban 30 Km/H
Speed Control Aids: Utility Assessment Information Systems (IVIS) Active Systems (ADAS) InformationSystem WarningSystem Adaptive Cruise Control SpeedLimiter Cruise Control
Speed Regulation:Women versus Men Comparisons => Not any significant Difference
Intersection Crossing: • Difficulties and Expectations
Intersections : Difficulties to cross When having priority When don’t have priority To identifyPriority Rules To implement Manoeuvres
Intersections Difficulties : Turn Leftat Crossroads To Assess Others’ Distance To Perceive Other Vehicles To Assess Others’ Speed
Difficulties to cross Intersections : Men-WomenDifferences All types of Intersections Left Turn at Crossroads MEN WOMEN (Significant Highest Values)
Driving Aids at Intersections : “Left Turn” Support Systems - Distance - Vitesse Croisement dans 10 sec PERCEPTION Support GAP ASSESSMENT Support RISK DETECTION Support BIP
Intersections Aids: • Perceived utility Gap Assessment Support Perception Support Risk DetectionSupport
MEN–WOMEN Comparisons: Aid to turn left at Crossroads But not any significant difference WOMEN MEN Perception Support Gap Assessment Support Risk DetectionSupport
Interactions with Other Road Users
Interactions with Other Road Users: Difficulties REF. Value Motorcycles Bicycles Pedestrians Trucks Buses Other Cars
Interactions with Other Road Users: Women-Men differences Motorcycles Bicycles Pedestrians Trucks Bus Other Cars MEN WOMEN(Significant Highest Values)
Vehicle automation: Acceptance and Perceived Utility Assessment
Vehicle Automation : Acceptance and Perceived Utility Overall Acceptance Vehicle Automation Principle Automatic Gear Box (Utility) Automatic Parking (Utility) Fully Automated Car (Utility) Automatic Lane Keeping (U)
CONCLUSION • Navigation: • Difficulties: Highest when Olders have to drive on Unfamiliar Routes • Aid : High equipment rate, Frequent Use of GPS, Highlyinterested by advanced Interfaces (HUD and Augmented Reality) • W/M: Lowest values given by Women for Trust GPS & Self-Confidence • Speed Control: • Attitude : Older drivers Would like to respect speed limits, and it is one of their mainconcern when driving • Difficulties to respect speed limits in Urban area (30 km/h zones), to be sure of the current speed limit in road sections with freq. changes • Aid: Frequent Use by 1/3 of them and/or highInterest for driving aids • Intersection: • Difficulties: to identify priority rules & turn left at a Crossroads • Aid: Utility of driving aids is well perceived (more particularly for Turn Left) • W/M: Significantly assessed as more difficult byWomen (=LC & Insertion) • Vehicle Automation: • Good Acceptanceof the principle, even if IVIS seems prefered • Perceived as a way to Increase Safetyand to Preserve their Mobility