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This paper presents the results of an exploratory study investigating the relationship between car drivers’ driving styles and their willingness to hand over certain driving tasks to an autonomous vehicle. Based on the evaluation of different statements, for each respondent a main driving style is determined. Seven different driving styles were included in the study: angry driving style, anxious driving style, careful driving style, dissociative driving style, high-velocity (fast) driving style, patient driving style, and risky driving style. Car drivers were also invited to state their willingness to hand over driving tasks. The following driving tasks were investigated in more detail: controlling speed, accelerating and decelerating, selecting route, and positioning on the road. The data regarding the statements and the willingness to hand over driving tasks were gathered using an online questionnaire. The data of 583 respondents were used in the analyses. The influence of driving style and personal characteristics is investigated using multinomial logistic regression analysis. It appears that all distinguished types of driving styles and gender significantly influence car drivers’ willingness to hand over driving tasks. Most influential driving styles are the ‘careful’ and ‘dissociate’ driving style.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AND10 Standing Committee on Vehicle User Characteristics.

01618707

17-01289

English

12p

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References (11) ; Tables

Automobile drivers; Autonomous land vehicles; Behavior; Driving; Gender; Personality

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-01289

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 10:24AM