An International Crowdsourcing Study into People's Statements on Fully Automated Driving

Bazilinskyy, P., Kyriakidis, M., & De Winter, J. C. F. (2015). An international crowdsourcing study into people’s statements on fully automated driving. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE). Las Vegas, NV.

12 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2015

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Pavlo Bazilinksyy

Delft University of Technology

Miltos Kyriakidis

Delft University of Technology

Joost de Winter

Delft University of Technology

Date Written: July 17, 2015

Abstract

Fully automated driving can potentially provide enormous benefits to society. However, it has been unclear whether people will appreciate such far-reaching technology. This study investigated anonymous textual comments regarding fully automated driving, based on data extracted from three online surveys with 8,862 respondents from 112 countries. Initial filtering of comments with fewer than 15 characters resulted in 1,952 comments. The sample consisted primarily of males (1,429 males, 513 females, 10 gender unknown) and had a mean age of 32.6 years. Next, we launched a crowdsourcing job and asked 69 workers to assign each of the 1,952 comments to at least one of 12 predefined categories, which included positive and negative attitude to automated driving, enjoyment in manual driving, concerns about trust, reliability of software, and readiness of road infrastructure. 46% of the comments were classified into the category ‘no meaningful information about automated driving’, leaving 792 comments for further analysis. 39% of these comments were classified as ‘positive attitude towards automated driving’ and 23% were classified as ‘negative attitude towards automated driving’. In conclusion, the public opinion appears to be split, with a significant number of respondents being positive and a significant number of respondents being negative towards fully automated driving.

Suggested Citation

Bazilinksyy, Pavlo and Kyriakidis, Miltos and de Winter, Joost, An International Crowdsourcing Study into People's Statements on Fully Automated Driving (July 17, 2015). Bazilinskyy, P., Kyriakidis, M., & De Winter, J. C. F. (2015). An international crowdsourcing study into people’s statements on fully automated driving. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE). Las Vegas, NV. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2632620

Pavlo Bazilinksyy

Delft University of Technology ( email )

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Delft, 2628 CN
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Miltos Kyriakidis

Delft University of Technology ( email )

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Delft, 2628 CN
Netherlands

Joost De Winter (Contact Author)

Delft University of Technology ( email )

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Delft, 2628 CD
Netherlands

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