Relevance of compensative driver strategies in the context of highly automated driving functions

In the past, it has been possible to allocate evidence that drivers apply behavioral patterns referred to as compensative driver strategies in manual driving scenarios. Following existing study results, these strategies seem to allow for accident-free driving even in the most demanding traffic situations. Until now, it remains unsolved whether – and if so, how – such strategies are available in takeover situations of automated driving, too. The BASt (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen) funded project “Relevance of compensative driver strategies in the context of highly automated driving functions” pursues the investigation of this research question: Empirical studies intend to examine the availability of compensative driver strategies in takeover situations of automated driving scenarios. In this way, inferences regarding potential implications of highly automated driving on driver-related safety behavior will be rendered possible.