This report includes a literature review and documents four experiments addressing some critical human factors issues for light-vehicle drivers traveling in the presence of truck platoons. The experiments focus on human factors concerns regarding driver entry and exit of the highway near truck platoons as well as the effect of drivers’ knowledge/awareness of platooning operations on driver behavior. This report may be of interest to those who guide operational concepts and who conduct operational environment testing for semiautomated truck platooning during early market deployment.

Recommended citation: Federal Highway Administration, Human Factors Issues Related to Truck Platooning Operations (Washington, DC: 2024)
https://doi.org/10.21949/1521735