Hmi for Elderly and Disabled Drivers to Get Safely Real-time Warnings and Information While Driving

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS) are growing in importance within vehicle on-board telematics. However, most automotive industries focus mainly on the needs of average driver cohort, thus the needs of other particular driver cohorts are in many cases overseen. Provision of in-vehicle Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-based services in conjunction to the ADAS, needs careful design in order to avoid conflicts (when an ADAS warning and information arrive concurrently at a channel) and not increase the workload, especially of elderly and disabled drivers (due to their specific needs and limitations), when applied on top of the overall driving task responsibility and complex traffic environments. The paper presents developments and evaluation results from research projects, focusing on the Human Machine Interaction (HMI) and algorithms proposed to be used for the presentation of information and warning messages to a disabled or elderly driver, through an on-board display channel or a nomadic device (e.g. mobile phone) while driving. Evaluation results with drivers from three European countries are included.