Highly automated platooning
Effects on mental workload, stress, and fatigue
Daniël Heikoop (TU Delft - Transport and Planning, University of Southampton)
J.C.F. Winter (TU Delft - Biomechatronics & Human-Machine Control)
B. van van Arem (TU Delft - Transport and Planning)
Neville A. Stanton (University of Southampton)
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Abstract
Automatically driving platoons of vehicles are a likely candidate for solving many existing issues of road safety and congestion. However, the psychological effects of such technology are yet to be understood. Therefore, by means of a driving simulator experiment, we aimed to assess the psychological effects of driving in a highly automated platoon. The results showed that the type of task had no substantial effect on heart rate and self-reported stress, fatigue, and workload. However, time-on-task substantially reduced participants’ heart rate.