PhysOrg - The expectation that automated vehicles will make drivers' jobs easier, especially if they've been behind the wheel for an extended period, may be more than a little flawed, according to a study by human factors/ergonomics researchers at Texas Tech University.
In their newly published Human Factors article, "Driver Vigilance in Automated Vehicles: Hazard Detection Failures Are a Matter of Time," Eric Greenlee, Patricia DeLucia, and David Newton evaluate whether increased time on the road could reduce drivers' ability to detect and respond appropriately to an automation failure.Read the story here.