Fundamental Study of Driver Response Time and Annoyance When Using a Head-up Display

- Influence of Type of Visual Target on Reaction Time and Annoyance -

Abstract

This paper describes the results of driver reaction time and annoyance when various type of visual target is presented on head-up display. In the experiment, a tracking task with steering wheel and accelerator pedal was conducted to measure reaction time to various type (size, color, etc) of visual target and to evaluate annoyance when such target was presented. Young and elderly drivers were instructed to perform the tracking task under situation that the target was presented in random interval. Based on the results, the influence of the type of visual target on reaction time and annoyance was analyzed and discussed.