Combined accelerator-brake pedal : a promising solution.

Author(s)
Nilsson, R.
Year
Abstract

The traditional arrangement of foot pedals in cars has two main drawbacks: movement time, about 0.2 s, adds to brake reaction time and there is risk for misapplications. A combined accelerator-brake pedal may eliminate these drawbacks. The driver accelerates by pressing the fore-foot and brakes by reaching out with the leg without having to release the throttle. To ensure safety, an extra brake-pedal is mounted at the position of a conventional brake pedal. A behavioural evaluation with 18 test drivers shows that drivers can, irrespective of experience and age, acquire high performance after a short period of training making very few mistakes. Drivers were observed in manoeuvring tests and then used the test vehicle in their daily driving for about ten days while filling in a diary. Finally, they were observed when changing back to conventional pedals. Changing between pedal systems seems surprisingly easy and raises questions concerning the automatic level of control in driving. For the covering abstract see ITRD E113725 (C 22328 CD-ROM).

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C 22360 (In: C 22328 CD-ROM) /83 /91 / ITRD E113757
Source

In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology ICTTP 2000, Berne, Switzerland, 4-7 September 2000, Pp-, 5 ref.

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