For a week you have been driving a new car with adaptive cruise control and a lane-keeping assistant. On the motorway everything already feels familiar. How do you now deal with these systems?
- The systems take the risk away, so you can pay a little less attention
- You now know the systems well enough to trust them blindly
- ✓ You stay alert and find out what the systems can and cannot do
Correct answer: You stay alert and find out what the systems can and cannot do
Explanation
False — a familiar feeling is not yet knowledge. Research shows that many drivers do not know exactly what these systems are for and how they work; so keep paying attention yourself
Why learners get this wrong
- Wrong: an assistance system does not remove the risk. Using such systems carries risks of its own; you remain responsible yourself and so you keep paying attention
- Wrong: a familiar feeling is not yet knowledge. Research shows that many drivers do not know exactly what these systems are for and how they work; so keep paying attention yourself
Topic: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
Read the rule: Core: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
Sections
- Challenge: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
- The model: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
- Core: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
- Why it matters: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
- Active recall: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
- Teach back: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
- Memory hook: Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated