Assess user acceptance by small scale driving simulator research

This report describes the small scale driving simulator study that was performed to asses the acceptance and workload from the end user’s perspective of a number of important CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems) scenarios. In order to design systems that only provide information that the driver considers being useful and informative, different concept designs of the three types of CVIS systems were simulated and analyzed: 1. speed advice for green wave at traffic lights, 2. routing and rerouting to avoid traffic congestion and optimize traffic throughput and 3. infotainment (auditory messages, e.g. e-mail, hotel reservations etc.). This assessment is input for the Human Machine Interface (HMI) requirements of CVIS systems in the defined scenarios.