Stevens A. - Driver acceptance of new technology: theory, measurement and optimisation

DRIVER ACCEPTANCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY

Series Editors

Dr Lisa Dorn
Director of the Driving Research Group, Department of Human Factors, Cranfield University

Dr Gerald Matthews
Professor of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati

Dr Ian Glendon
Associate Professor of Psychology at Griffith University, Queensland, and President of the Division of Traffic and Transportation Psychology of the International Association of Applied Psychology

Todays society confronts major land transport problems. Human and financial costs of road vehicle crashes and rail incidents are increasing, with road vehicle crashes predicted to become the third largest cause of death and injury globally by 2020. Several social trends pose threats to safety, including increasing vehicle ownership and traffic congestion, advancing technological complexity at the human-vehicle interface, population ageing in the developed world, and ever greater numbers of younger vehicle drivers in the developing world.

Ashgates Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport series makes a timely contribution to these issues by focusing on human and organisational aspects of road and rail safety. The series responds to increasing demands for safe, efficient, economical and environmentally-friendly land-based transport. It does this by reporting on state-of-the-art science that may be applied to reduce vehicle collisions and improve vehicle usability as well as enhancing driver wellbeing and satisfaction. It achieves this by disseminating new theoretical and empirical research generated by specialists in the behavioural and allied disciplines, including traffic and transportation psychology, human factors and ergonomics.

The series addresses such topics as driver behaviour and training, in-vehicle technology, driver health and driver assessment. Specially commissioned works from internationally recognised experts provide authoritative accounts of leading approaches to real-world problems in this important field.

Theory, Measurement and Optimisation

Edited by

MICHAEL A. REGAN
University of New South Wales, Australia

TIM HORBERRY
University of Queensland, Australia, and University of Cambridge, UK

ALAN STEVENS
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), UK

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Michael A. Regan, Tim Horberry and Alan Stevens and the contributors 2014

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Driver acceptance of new technology: theory, measurement and optimisation / by Michael A. Regan, Tim Horberry and Alan Stevens.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4094-3984-4 (hardback: alk. paper)ISBN 978-1-4094-3985-1 (ebook) ISBN 978-1-4724-0585-2 (epub)

1. Motor vehicle driversPsychology. 2. Motor vehicle driversAttitudes. 3. AutomobilesTechnological innovations. 4. Highway engineeringTechnological innovations. 5. Motor vehicle drivingTechnological innovationsPsychological aspects. 6. Highway communicationsTechnological innovations. 7. Traffic safety Technological innovations. I. Horberry, Tim, author. II. Stevens, A. (Researcher in transportation), author. III. Title. IV. Series: Human factors in road and rail transport.

TL152.3.R38 2014

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Alan Stevens, Tim Horberry and Michael A. Regan

Michael A. Regan is currently a Professor in the Transport and Road Safety Research group in the School of Aviation at the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. Before that he held research appointments with the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFFSTAR) in Lyon, France, and the Monash University Accident Research Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Mikes current research interests focus on human interaction with, and acceptance of, intelligent transport systems, driver distraction and inattention, use of instrumented vehicles for naturalistic observation of driver and pilot behaviour, and aviation safety. He sits on the Editorial Boards of five peer-reviewed journals, including Human Factors, is the author of more than 200 publications, including two books, and sits on numerous expert committees on traffic safety. He is the 25th President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia.

Tim Horberry is Associate Professor of Human Factors at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK, and before that he was at the UKs Transport Research Laboratory. Tim has published his work widely, including four books published either by Ashgate or CRC press: The Human Factors of Transport Signs (2004) and Human Factors in the Maritime Domain (2008), Understanding Human Error In Mine Safety (2009) and Human Factors for the Design, Operation and Maintenance of Mining Equipment (2010). Tim has undertaken many applied Human Factors research projects in Australia, the UK and Europe for organisations such as the European Union, Australian Research Council and the UK Department for Transport. Currently Tim is leading several projects in the minerals industry that are examining acceptance of new technology for mining vehicles including collision detection systems and shovel automation.