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DEVELOPMENT
OF HUMAN FACTORS GUIDELINES FOR
ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS
HUMAN
FACTORS EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF MULTI-MODALITY DISPLAYS
IN ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Publication No. FHWA-RD-96-150
December 1999
FOREWORD
This is one in
a series of reports produced as part of a contract designed to develop
precise, detailed human factors design guidelines for Advanced Traveler
Information Systems (ATIS) and Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO).
During the analytic phase of the project, research issues were identified
and rated by eight human factors experts along fourteen separate criteria.
The goal of the experimental phase was to examine the highest rated
research issues that can be addressed within the scope of the project.
The fourteen experiments produced in that phase reflect the results
of those ratings.
This experiment
examined the design issue of which display modality (i.e. visual, auditory,
or multi-modality) resulted in the best driving performance. Effects
of driver age, driving load, and information complexity were evaluated.
Copies of this
report can be obtained through the Research and Technology Report Center,
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Michael F. Trentacoste
Director, Office of Safety
Research and Development
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Technical Report Documentation
Page
1. Report No.
FHWA-RD-96-150
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2. Government Accession No. |
3. Recipient's Catalog
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4. Title
and Subtitle
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN FACTORS
GUIDELINES FOR ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ATIS) AND COMMERCIAL
VEHICLE OPERATIONS (CVO): HUMAN FACTORS EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF MULTI-MODALITY DISPLAYS IN ADVANCED TRAVELER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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5. Report Date
December, 1999
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6. Performing Organization
Code
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7. Author(s): Yung-Ching
Liu, Christopher S. Schreiner, Thomas A. Dingus |
8. Performing Organization
Report No. |
9. Performing
Organization Name and Address
Center for Transportation Research
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
1700 Kraft Drive, Suite
2000
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0536
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10. Work Unit No.
(TRAIS): 3B4C |
11. Contract or Grant
No.
DTFH61-92-C-00102
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12. Sponsoring
Agency Name and Address
Office of Safety and Traffic
Operations R&D
Federal Highway Administration
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101-2296
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13. Type of Report
and Period Covered
Final Report
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14. Sponsoring Agency
Code |
15. Supplementary
Notes:
Contracting Officer's Technical
Representative - M. Joseph Moyer, HRDS; Thomas M. Granda, HRDS (formerly
with SAIC)
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16. Abstract
To achieve the goals for Advanced Traveler Information
Systems (ATIS), significant information will necessarily be provided
to the driver. A primary ATIS design issue is the display modality (i.e.
visual, auditory, or the combination) selected for providing this information.
There were two objectives for this research. First, to what degree,
and under which circumstances, are multi-modality displays beneficial?
Second, for circumstances where multi-modality are not beneficial, which
single display modality results in best performance? A simulator experiment
was conducted to determine the effects of driver age, display modality,
driving load, and information complexity on driving performance, navigation
performance, driver workload, and driver performance.Four primary findings
from the study were that:
- For emergency response displays, the multi-modality
and the auditory displays resulted in faster reaction times than the
visual display for detecting warning information, while information
presented on the multi-modality display resulted in fewer errors than
the auditory display.
- For navigation tasks, the multi-modality display
resulted in the best performance for both total correct turns and
number of navigation-related errors.
For driving performance, the multi-modality display
generally resulted in better performance for both speed maintenance
and safe driving behavior.
For subjective workload and preference ratings, the
multi-modality display and the auditory display received more preferable
ratings than did the visual display.
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17. Key Words
Advanced Traveler Information
Systems (ATIS), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), driver age,
information complexity, driving load
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18. Distribution
Statement
No restrictions. This document
is available to the public through the National Technical Information
Service, Springfield, VA 22161.
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19. Security Classif. (of this
report)
Unclassified
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20. Security Classif. (of this
page)
Unclassified
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21. No. of Pages
110
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22. Price |
Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72)
Reproduction of completed page authorized
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