Intention to use a fully automated car : Attitudes and a priori acceptability
- Submitting institution
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Coventry University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 21457060
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.trf.2014.04.009
- Title of journal
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
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- First page
- 252
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- B
- ISSN
- 1369-8478
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This research considers drivers’ attitudes and behaviour towards fully automated driving (FAD) via an online questionnaire including new bespoke scales. FAD is considered in France, where people have had limited interactions with automated vehicle technology.
The research sought to predict intention to use a fully automated vehicle, according to a priori acceptability, attitudes, gender, and personality traits, and in respect to specific use cases.
Previous research has focused only on partial automation. The method was based on Fullers’ theory of driver behaviour and Fishbein and Ajzen’s theory of reasoned action. A validated scale and online survey for evaluating intention to using automated driving has been developed and deployed. This novel tool enables researchers to assess FAD acceptability in future research.
The research has demonstrated that attitudes and a priori acceptability appeared to be complementary concepts when evaluating intention to use FAD. More than two thirds of the 421 drivers in the survey sample would be favourable to use of FAD, which is congruent with published data on the acceptability of advanced driver-assistance systems and partial automation. Preferred situations for using a fully automated car were monotonous (e.g. highways) or stressful driving conditions (e.g. traffic congestion). Almost 71% of the participants declared they would be interested in using FAD while impaired, for example, through alcohol use. This has implications for designers and manufacturers who should be aware of the risk of misuse when developing and designing FAD. The research was funded by Institut Vedecom, France, and has been used beyond the academic field, for instance in the House of Lords, the Air Force Institute of Technology and the Japanese Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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