Should Automated Features Warn, Assist, or Take Control?

Abstract

Driver support and assistance features for vehicles have grown a lot during the last years. Despite a wealth of features, car brands and manufacturers differ in the implementation of these features. What insights can we gain on what drivers choose to (partially) automate their vehicles, given all these options? In this work in progress paper, we report the interim results of a survey which investigated this question. The survey contained hierarchical questions asking mainly Dutch respondents for their automated driving feature preferences. Results show that respondents choose a large number of features and were very diverse in their preferences. Nevertheless, there seems to be a preference of control type features over warning and passive-Assist features. Based on these findings, we concluded that our sample supports the continuous development of features.