Abstract
This paper describes a proposal of new steering system which can provide easy and safe operation of vehicle to all drivers. We attached a steering bar as a new steering system instead of conventional steering wheel. We conduct preliminary experiment with steering bar, steering wheel and steering wheel of high gain by the driving simulator. As a result, it is proved that operating by steering bar have advantage of tracking performance and smoothly control. After that, proposal and conventional input system was compared from the view of task performance and sensory evaluation resulted from the experiment conducted by the small electric vehicle. It is found that by using the steering bar, even not-experienced driver can drive the vehicle as well as the experienced driver who uses steering wheel. And the experienced drivers evaluated that the steering bar is more maneuverable than the steering wheel.
