Challenges to Automotive Interior Design: The Future Is Much More Than Technology—It’s About People!

Fernandes, Susana C. F.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32415-5_29

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“…Considering that the senior population is increasing worldwide [8] and that there is a high number of older drivers qualified to drive [9], improving the experience of getting in and out of a car is a challenge for designers, planners, and engineers who are exploring solutions that improve automotive design, adjusting it to the limitations arising from the natural ageing process of users [10,11].…”

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Senior Drivers’ Body Movement Strategies for Getting in and Out of Cars: A Study by Vehicle Typology

Fernandes¹

2023

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During normal ageing, physical changes take place, namely in terms of the biomechanical, musculoskeletal, and psychomotor systems, that reduce strength, flexibility, motor coordination, balance, and precision of movements. This article analyses the motion behaviour of a sample of 49 senior and pre-senior subjects during the process of entry to (ingress) and exit from (egress) new car models not experienced before, obtained over five days at the Geneva International Motor Show. The methodological process is based on visual studies using photography and video to analyse motion behaviour. This investigation identifies five entry movement strategies and three exit movement strategies in three types of vehicle groups. The movements adopted in the egress of the vehicle were more complex and difficult, in general, than those observed for ingress, requiring greater flexibility, agility/dexterity, and physical strength of subjects, involving more contact or support with vehicle parts. The main factor that influences movement strategies is essentially related to subjects’ levels of physical capacity and previous experiences. In conclusion, there are no significant changes in the subjects’ somatic movement strategies based on vehicle types.

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confidence: 99%