Driver Assistance Systems in the Context of Age-Appropriate HMI Design

The increasingly aging world population (DESA, UN, 2019; Haustein, Mischke, Schönfeeld, & Willand, 2016) and the associated increase in older road users (Haustein, Mischke, Schönfeeld, & Willand, 2016) already poses new challenges to the automotive industry now and even more so in the future. Studies show that the decline in sensory, physical, and cognitive abilities in old age brings many peculiarities with regard to participation in road traffic (Davidse, 2006) and involvement in traffic accidents (Young, Koppel, & Charlton, 2017; Fornells, Parera, Ferrer, & Fiorentino, 2017). To support this group, the use of driver assistance systems, the so-called Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS; Davidse, 2006), is recommended.