Situacijsko zavedanje voznikov avtomatiziranih vozil

While it is expected that road safety increases with each higher level of automation, the available data suggests that human driving behaviour in semiautomated vehicles may be a weak link in their contribution to road safety. Decreased engagement in the driving task results in reduced levels of situational awareness (knowing what is going on around you). Situational awareness (SA) has an important role in any process of dynamic human decision making as it provides the state of knowledge needed for making effective decisions and taking appropriate actions. SA is a cognitive construct and as such is tightly related to other cognitive theories such as cognitive workload, attention and memory. When observed for the dynamic task of driving on the other hand, it is highly influenced
by (and influences back) driver behaviour. All of these relationships have influenced the development of a theoretical model of driver’s SA, upon which a number of assessment methods trying to capture every aspect of SA have been developed. This paper explores the importance of situational awareness and presents methods for assessing driver’s situational awareness in semi-automated vehicles.