Designing autonomy in cars: A survey and two focus groups on driving habits of an inclusive user group, and group attitudes towards autonomous cars

Ioannis Politis*, Patrick Langdon, Mike Bradley, Lee Skrypchuk, Alexander Mouzakitis, P. John Clarkson

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Abstract

Autonomous driving is a topic of extensive research; however user views on this new technology are largely unexplored, especially for an inclusive population. This paper presents a survey and two focus groups, investigating driving habits and attitudes towards autonomous cars of an inclusive group of UK drivers. A subset of survey participants were invited to attend one of two focus groups, to discuss handovers of control between car and driver. Maintaining safety, trust and control were themes commonly identified in both focus groups, while unique views and concerns, relating to different characteristics of the group were expressed. These results can inform an inclusive, user-centred design of autonomous vehicle interfaces, especially for the safety-critical use case of driver handovers of control.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Design for Inclusion - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Design for Inclusion
EditorsGiuseppe Di Bucchianico, Pete F. Kercher
PublisherSpringer
Pages161-173
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783319605968
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventAHFE 2017 International Conference on Design for Inclusion, 2017 - Los Angeles, United States
Duration: 17 Jul 201721 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume587
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

ConferenceAHFE 2017 International Conference on Design for Inclusion, 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLos Angeles
Period17/07/1721/07/17

Keywords

  • Autonomous cars
  • Focus group
  • Handover of control
  • Human factors
  • Survey

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