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Design parameters for an elevated driving posture

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posted on 2015-08-27, 08:41 authored by Jordan Smith, Neil J. Mansfield, Diane GyiDiane Gyi
Studies have shown that whilst emissions from passenger vehicles have fallen in the last 20-years, emissions from light commercial vehicles (LCVs) have risen. An elevated driving seat will result in a driving posture higher than in conventional vehicles and will benefit vehicle deign in terms of a reduction in vehicles’ mass potentially resulting in reduced emissions. This paper reports on a study with the objective of identifying the static seat design parameters for such an elevated seat. A sample of 20 commercial drivers (10 males, 10 females) aged 19-65, were recruited for the study. A driving rig was designed and built to offer nine key seat sub-component adjustments, deemed highly important to selecting a comfortable driving set up. Each sub-component was adjusted in an iterative process to define an optimum position for each driver and was then recorded along with participant verbatim. Results indicated that leg length is a good predictor of the seat height and the distance from the pedals (PH Gap) and that sitting height is a good predictor for the positioning of the backrest. The preferred length of the seat base was much shorter and the width much wider, respectively, than that observed in current LCVs.

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Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014

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SMITH, J., MANSFIELD, N.J. and GYI, D.E., 2014. Design parameters for an elevated driving posture. IN: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics 2014, 20 Volume Set: Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation Part I, pp. 357-363.

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© AHFE 2014 Conference and Authors

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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2014

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This conference paper was presented at the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014, Kraków, Poland, 19-23 July 2014.

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  • en

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Kraków, Poland

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