Dynamic Speedometer: Dashboard Redesign to Discourage Drivers from Speeding

Abstract

We apply HCI design principles to redesign the dashboard of the automobile to address the problem of speeding. We prototyped and evaluated a new speedometer designed with the explicit intention of changing drivers’ speeding behavior. Our user-tests show that displaying the current speed limit as part of the speedometer visualization (i.e. the dynamic speedometer) results in safer driving behavior. Designing with the intent to achieve a particular behavior can be an effective approach for increasing the safety of mission-critical systems. This is an area in which HCI designers can have a significant impact.

Accepted to CHI2005 Late Breaking Result.  full version [pdf]

 

Ideation Sketches

20 different approaches that could be used to achieve change in driving behavior

User Study Data

•     Recorded Driving -- racer required
•     Data sheet of maximum speed

Manu Kumar (sneaker at stanford dot edu) and Taemie Kim (taemie.kim at stanford dot edu)