Abstract
The objective of the study is to clarify how driving experience using ACC system affects an elderly driver in adaptation of ADAS. We simulated a car platoon including ACC-ON and ACC-OFF vehicles as the drive experience situation in the study on the test track. The drive experience was conducted at the test track with a 2,700m oval track in Tomakomai City, Japan. 32 drivers (aged 65 to 79 years; 11 females and 21 males) participated in the drive experience with ACC system. the drive experience with ACC-ON vehicle increased adaptation of ADAS for Elderly Drivers. Most participants answered positive subjective assessments rather than those before the drive experience of ACC-ON vehicle. However, sudden system-off of ACC system while driving lowered the evaluations on the ADAS vehicle.
