Holistic assessment of driver assistance systems: how can systems be assessed with respect to how they impact glance behaviour and collision avoidance?
DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2018.5550
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Summary
This study addresses the need for a holistic safety assessment of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), specifically examining how these systems impact driver glance behavior and collision avoidance simultaneously. While ADAS like Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Driver Assist (DA) improve safety margins, they may induce longer off-road glances, potentially increasing crash risk. Conversely, threat management systems like Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) mitigate crashes. The authors argue that existing assessment methods fail to capture the combined effect of these behavioral changes and system interventions, motivating a counterfactual simulation approach to evaluate the net safety impact. The methodology employs what-if simulations using kinematic data from 34 rear-end crashes extracted from the SHRP2 naturalistic driving dataset. These original crashes were converted into "seed crashes" by removing the driver’s evasive maneuvers and extrapolating the lead vehicle’s speed. Off-road glance duration distributions were derived from an on-road experiment involving 20 drivers performing secondary tasks (radio tuning, USB song selection) under manual, ACC, and DA conditions, alongside a reference distribution from Rockwell’s radio-tuning task. The simulation process involved sampling 200 glance durations for each of ten behavioral conditions and applying them to the seed crashes using a glance placement model based on looming thresholds. A driver response model simulated braking initiation and deceleration, accounting for FCW warnings and AEB interventions. In total, 6,800 simulations were conducted to estimate crash risk proportions for each combination of glance behavior and ADAS presence. The results demonstrate that the safety benefits provided by FCW and AEB, when combined with ACC and DA, largely dominate the increased crash risk associated with the longer off-road glances induced by these risk management systems. The study found that even when drivers engaged in secondary tasks resulting in glance durations exceeding standard safety guidelines, the presence of ADAS significantly reduced the likelihood of collision compared to manual driving scenarios with similar glance behaviors. Furthermore, this protective effect remained robust even when accounting for potential system failures. The simulations revealed that the kinematic cues from ACC and the warnings from FCW effectively redirected driver gaze or triggered automatic braking, thereby compensating for the disbenefits of reduced visual attention. The significance of this work lies in its validation of a holistic assessment framework that integrates driver behavioral responses with ADAS functionality. It challenges current regulatory guidelines, which are based on manual driving conditions, by showing that ADAS can maintain safety even when glance behaviors deviate from traditional safety metrics. The study concludes that future risk assessments must account for the combined effects of system-induced behavioral changes and system interventions to accurately evaluate the net safety impact of automated driving technologies. This approach provides a more accurate estimation of real-world safety benefits, supporting the development and deployment of increasingly automated vehicle systems.
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