Drivers' behavior in ITS environment investigated by a driving simulator

Autonomous driving systems have been researched from various viewpoints. It is not realistic to install a complete autonomous driving system in a current situation. Therefore a switching between an autonomous driving system and a conventional driving system is required. The man-machine interface is important in this kind of hybrid system. In this study a simulator research is done under the environment of intelligent transport systems (ITS), with special emphasis on the switching system between autonomous driving and conventional driving. However, it is difficult to do this kind of study in a real traffic situation. Therefore a fixed based driving simulator is used for giving drivers the environment of ITS in near future.