Chapter 44

Motor Vehicle Driver Interfaces

Paul Green
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

 

Outline

Introduction

What Kinds of Telematics Products Are Likely in the Near Term?

Chapter Organization

What is the Driving Context in Which Users Perform Tasks?

What Kinds of Crashes Are Associated With Telematics?

The Scope of the Cell Phone Problem

What Kind of Trips Do People Make and Why?

Who Are the Users?

What Kinds of Vehicles Do People Drive (“The Platform Question")?

What Measures of Safety and Usability Are of Interest? the Empirical Measurement Issue

How Are Telematics Evaluated?

What Design Documents Exist for Telematics?

What Types of Documents Are There?

Non-ISO Documents

ISO Documents

SAE J2364 (The 15-Second Rule)

What Tools and Estimation Procedures Exist to Aid Telematics Design?

SAE J2365 Calculations

IVIS Estimates

Closing Thoughts

References

 

Figures

Figure 44.1: Distribution of driver age groups. Developed from U. S. Department of Transportation data (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/hs99/tables/dl20.pdf).Note that the scale has been expanded at the lower age ranges.