Are You Sitting Comfortably? How Current Self-driving Car Concepts Overlook Motion Sickness, and the Impact It Has on Comfort and Productivity

The influence of system transparency on trust: Evaluating interfaces in a highly automated vehicle

“…This result is rather unexpected given that the content of the interfaces has been suggested to alleviate motion sickness: if interfaces show the intended trajectory and next changes of direction, they can improve the user experience and minimise motion sickness (Elbanhawi et al, 2015;Lin et al, 2004). In addition, motion sickness is more prominent in simulated and immersive environments than in actual AVs (Lackner, 1992;Smyth et al, 2020).…”

“…The current study demonstrated the presence of motion sickness because participants were staring at the Animation and Camera Feed interfaces. Future research could analyse in more detail where people's visual attention is (Geitner et al, 2017) and correlate this information with the resulting user discomfort (Smyth et al, 2020) to inform the design interfaces that attract user attention only when required.…”

Public acceptance of driver state monitoring for automated vehicles: Applying the UTAUT framework

“…Moreover, the system can also monitor driver state to ensure they are conducting their system and environment monitoring obligations (specifically in a partially automated vehicle) and provide countermeasures if the driver is negligent to their responsibilities. Besides safety, recent literature also raises consideration of driver/occupant comfort and wellbeing in automated vehicles (Smyth and Birrell, 2019) and there is a significant motivation to measure occupant wellbeing using DSM systems (Smyth et al, 2020).…”

How to program autonomous vehicle (AV) crash algorithms: an Islamic ethical perspective

“…Statistics show that most accidents are caused due to human errors (94% in USA, Karnouskos, 2018). Using AVs on our public roads is expected to bring about several benefits, such as improved traffic flow, reduced fuel consumption and increased productivity (Smyth et al , 2020). AVs can also enhance autonomy for people unable to drive (Fagnant and Kockelman, 2015).…”