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Merging sections are challenging for drivers of heavy goods vehicles. Visual support for merging was evaluated in a simulator. Experiment 1 tested HMIs that provided participants (nā=ā5) driving on the on-ramp with a top view or various forms of speed advice for accelerating behind or in front of a truck platoon on the freeway. Experiment 2 tested HMIs that provided drivers (nā=ā18) on the acceleration lane with a top view complemented with speed and gap advice for finding a gap to merge in. Experiment 1 showed that speed advice yielded less unnecessary braking compared to unsupported driving. In Experiment 2, speed advice yielded low satisfaction ratings. Our results highlight the potential of visual support and stress the importance of not visually overloading the driver.
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This work was supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) domain Applied and Engineering Sciences (TTW) under the projects 12831 āTruck Merging SupportāA Step towards Autonomous Drivingā and 016.Vidi.178.047 āHow should automated vehicles communicate with other road usersā. The authors would like to thank S. van Beurden, B. van Dijk, F. van der Laan, W.-J. Littel, R. Mak, D. Oudmaijer, J. Stapel, S. Uitendaal, and J. van der Zeeuw for their great efforts in realizing the studies.
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Dreger, F.A., de Winter, J.C.F., Shyrokau, B., Happee, R. (2020). Conceptual Testing of Visual HMIs for Merging of Trucks. In: Stanton, N. (eds) Advances in Human Factors of Transportation. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 964. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_42
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