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Vehicle Evaluation Methods
OVERVIEW ON EVALUATION ISSUES
An automotive product is used by a number of users in a number of different usages. To assure
that the vehicle being designed will meet the needs of its customers, the ergonomic engineers must
conduct evaluations of all ergonomic vehicle features under all possible usages. A usage can be
dened in terms of each task that needs to be performed by a user to meet a certain objective. A
task may have many steps or subtasks. For example, the task of getting into a vehicle would involve
a user to perform a series of subtasks such as (a) unlocking the door, (b) opening the door, (c) enter ...