A new report published in the journal the University of Southampton has highlighted a significant issue for designers of autonomous vehicles. The study, by Alexander Eriksson and Neville Stanton at Human Factors, found that, under noncritical conditions, drivers took between 1.9 - 25.7 seconds to regain control from a highly automated vehicle. As a result, the authors highlighted the need for designers to disregard mean or median results, and instead 'strive to include the larger range of control transition times so they do not exclude users that fall outside the mean or median.'
A new report published in the journal Human Factors has highlighted a significant issue for designers of autonomous vehicles. The study, by Alexander Eriksson and Neville Stanton at the University of Southampton, found that, under noncritical conditions, drivers took between 1.9 - 25.7 seconds to regain control from a highly automated vehicle. As a result, the authors highlighted the need for designers to disregard mean or median results, and instead 'strive to include the larger range of control transition times so they do not exclude users that fall outside the mean or median.'