More than one million people die per year on worldâs road. Researches have identified driversâ cognitive aspects as the major cause of human errors in 80% of crash events. Driver-Assistance Systems (DAS) have been developed to detect data about vehicle, environment and driver, and to communicate information usually through the senses of vision and hearing. But, the growth of in-vehicle devices increases the visual and auditory demand of the driver. This research aims at investigating whether olfactory stimuli can be used to elicit driversâ cognitive aspects. An experimental framework has been set up, and testing sessions have been organised. The analysis of the data collected from tests shows that olfactory stimuli are more effective in increasing some subjectsâ physiological parameters than the auditory ones. Therefore, smells may be used as a DAS, for increasing driversâ attention.
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Published on 01/01/2017
Volume 2017, 2017
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3518-0_45
Licence: Other
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