Car Drivers Intelligent Transportation Systems: Self Reported Use and Attitudes

The concept of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) covers the collection of systems and subsystems for solving increasing problems in traffic, from traffic density to safety, providing drivers with time, situation, and location dependent information, warnings and physically intervening with the vehicle control in critical situations. In this paper - representing a part of the SARTRE 4 project - the authors are reporting car drivers attitudes toward certain ITS and self-reported use of them, based on a representative sample of 12,507 car drivers from 19 countries. While certain ITS systems are widely used (e.g. ABS, seat belt reminders), others are hardly used (e.g. fatigue detection and warning, electronic tag), depending on their novelty, legislation demands, etc. Also slight support for risk homeostasis theory is evident. Though the majority of drivers have positive attitudes toward ITS devices, there are country, gender, age and profession differences depending on device. Differences between SARTRE 3 and 4 regarding ITS are presented.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • Polic, Marko
  • Britschgi, Virpi
  • Forward, Sonja
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobile drivers; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Intelligent transportation systems; Location; Traffic density; Traffic safety; Warning systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01531318
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 24 2014 3:21PM