Driver Training for Automated Vehicle Technology (01-004)

Project Description The overall goal of the Driver Training for Automated Vehicle Technology Project is to develop training protocol guidelines that can be used by automated vehicle trainers to optima the overall use of automated vehicle systems, and thereby to optimize transportation safety. The purpose of this study conducted at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute was to evaluate training two different protocols and their overall effectiveness on driving performance. Project Methods 30 older adults participated in this study. Participants were randomly placed in one of three groups: 1) no training (control group) 2) video-based training and 3) demonstration-based training. After completing training, participants completed three drives of eight segments. The segments alternated between manual driving (i.e. when AV system cannot be activated) and automated driving (i.e. when AV system can be activated).