For three months you have driven the A76 between Heerlen and Sittard every working day with adaptive cruise control on, without a single problem. How do you use the system from now on?
- You trust it blindly: three months without faults prove that you know it
- You pay less attention: with the cruise control on, the risk of a rear-end crash is gone
- ✓ You stay alert: long use does not mean you know what it cannot do
Correct answer: You stay alert: long use does not mean you know what it cannot do
Explanation
False — you mistake habit for knowledge. Research shows that many drivers, even after long use, do not know exactly what such a system is for, how it works and what risks come with it
Why learners get this wrong
- Wrong — you mistake habit for knowledge. Research shows that many drivers, even after long use, do not know exactly what such a system is for, how it works and what risks come with it
- Wrong — you think the system removes the risk. The risk keeps depending on how you use the system; many drivers do not know exactly what risks come with its use
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