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IT’s NOT JUST USOctober 4, 2017

Donald L. FisherUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

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SaferSim I

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SaferSim II

Automated vehicles technology

Connected vehicles technology

Vulnerable road users

Roadway infrastructure design

Distributed simulation technology

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Part 1

Introduction

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One life

Video

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Three lives

Movie

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The United States

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The world – 1,250,000

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Vulnerable road users

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IT’s NOT JUST US

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Part 2

Trust and Reliance

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Part 2

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Engineering solutions

Advanced driver assistance systems Lane departure warnings

Automated vehicles technology Lane keeping assist

Lane centering assist

Connected vehicles technology Head on collision warning systems

Roadway infrastructure design Jersey barriers

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Human behavior: An engineering

conundrum

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Lane departure warning systems

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An ideal world

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Wind gusts

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The results

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Lee and See (2004)

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SaferSim: Trust and Reliance

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And what about Vietnam

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Driving in Vietnam

Movie

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Vietnam

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V2P

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Pedestrian simulators

Hank Virtual Environments Lab

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Helping others, helping ourselves

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Part 3

Distraction

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Distraction is deadly

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Visual-manual distractions

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National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

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Acceptance criteria

1) Frequency of long glances1) For at least 21 of the 24 test participants, no more than 15 percent (rounded

up) of the total number of eye glances away from the forward road scene have durations of greater than 2.0 seconds while performing the testable task one time.

2) Mean glance duration1) For at least 21 of the 24 test participants, the mean duration of all eye glances

away from the forward road scene is less than or equal to 2.0 seconds while performing the testable task one time.

3) Total glance duration away from the forward roadway1) For at least 21 of the 24 test participants, the sum of the durations of each

individual participant’s eye glances away from the forward road scene is less than or equal to 12.0 seconds while performing the testable task one time.

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Lockout criteria

Video

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Voice control systems

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Cognitive distractions

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What’s the problem?

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Evaluation of voice control systems

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OSPAN Task

4/2 + 1 = 3

serene

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OSPAN Task

3 + 12/4 = 7

stressed

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Six infotainment systems

• Ford equipped with MyFord Touch,

• Chevrolet equipped with MyLink,

• Chrysler equipped with Uconnect,

• Toyota equipped with Entune,

• Mercedes equipped with COMAND, and

• Hyundai equipped with Blue Link

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But what about crashes?

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SaferSim: Cognitive Distraction

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Hazard anticipation, cell phones and voice

command systems

1. Pedestrian crossing obscured on right

2. Truck obscuring crosswalk3. Hidden crosswalk after curve

in school zone4. Car obscuring crosswalk5. Hidden crosswalk to the left

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And what about China?

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Around the world

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Helping others, helping ourselves

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Part 4

Training and Education

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Automated vehicles

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MyCarDoesWhat

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Deeper learning: Understanding

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Deeper Learning: Understanding

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Deeper Learning: Challenge

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Driver education

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Driver education can have an effect, but…

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Driver education can have an effect, but…

The percentage of hazards anticipated by the four groups of drivers. (The error

bar represents the between-participant 95% confidence interval.)

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SaferSim: Training and Education

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And what about Robin Hood

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Licensure

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Part 5

The Environment Outside the Car

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The environment outside the car

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Traffic signals

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Roadway geometry

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Fog

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UCF driving simulator

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Results

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SaferSim: How many alarms are too

many?

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Traffic signals

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Field evaluations

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SaferSim: The cycle of research

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Roadway geometry

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Simulators

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Toll plaza geometry: Massachusetts

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Toll plaza geometry: Puerto Rico

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Results: Familiar and unfamiliar drivers

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Baseline

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Treatment

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Results

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SaferSim: Unprecedented opportunity

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The Big Dig

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Simulated world

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Logan International Airport

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The SaferSim Challenge

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Part 6

Conclusion

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Four areas of research

New technologies

Trust and Reliance

Distraction

Training and Education

Environment Outside the

Car

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Next major questions

New technologies

Resolution and

calibration

Voice command

Automated vehicles

Multiple alarms

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International perspective

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Helping others, helping ourselves