ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of Human Factors issues relevant to the acceptance by drivers of technology-based systems within vehicles. It discusses acceptance issues for three distinct example systems: vehicle navigation (information), adaptive cruise control (assistance) and platoon driving (automating). In these three types of systems, there are considerable differences in the maturity and adoption of the technology. Considerable data have been collected by the research community relating to the acceptance of in-vehicle information, assistance and automating systems. Many vehicle navigation systems are clearly designed to make the workload associated with the navigation task low. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is predicted to have a number of positive effects. From the driver's perspective, it has already been shown that ACC can reduce workload and increase perceptions of comfort. Platoon driving is an example of a future technology where the Human Factors acceptance work is more speculative and usually simulator-based.
