Project R-9761
Title
i-DREAMS : Interventions for optimal symbiosis of driver-vehicle-environment interactions under challenging
conditions. (Research)
Abstract
The objective of this project is to setup a framework for the definition, development, testing and validation of a context-aware
'safety tolerance zone' for on-road driving, within a smart Driver and Road Environment Assessment and Monitoring System
(i-DREAMS). Taking into account, on the one hand, driver-related background factors (age, driving experience, safety
attitudes and perceptions, etc.) and real-time risk-related physiological indicators (e.g. fatigue, distraction, stress, etc.), and
on the other hand, driving task-related complexity indicators (e.g. time of day, speed, traffic intensity, presence of vulnerable
road users, adverse weather, etc.) a continuous real-time assessment will be made to monitor and determine if a driver is
within acceptable boundaries of safe operation (i.e. safety tolerance zone). Moreover, safety-oriented interventions will be
developed to prevent drivers from getting too close to the boundaries of unsafe operation and to bring back the driver into
the safety tolerance zone. These interventions will be composed of both real-time interventions, i.e. in-vehicle while
travelling, and other interventions aimed at enhancing the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and behavioural reaction of
drivers with respect to safety-related technologies, situations and behaviours. Application areas will include: new road safety
interventions, improved driver well-being and transfer of control between human and vehicle. Initial testing will take place in a
driving simulator environment after which promising interventions will be tested and validated under real-world conditions in
a testbed consisting of 150 drivers in 5 EU countries. Market roadmaps will be developed to support smooth transition of the
investigated technologies to the market and experience from use cases in different European countries will be used to
disseminate best practices.
Period of project
01 May 2019 - 30 April 2023