Autonomous Vehicles and Alternatives to Driving: Trust, Preferences, and Effects of Age
New vehicle technologies and transportation alternatives offer the potential of expanded mobility solutions for users of all generations. While many industries are focused on creating these options, only limited research has explored their use, adoption, and appeal as they apply to older generations. An online survey was fielded in order to gather information on satisfaction with current in-vehicle technology, inclination to use differing levels of automation, transportation alternatives to driving your own car, and methods of learning to use in-vehicle technology across users of all ages. The survey found that respondents reported generally being satisfied with technology in their vehicles, but are not learning to use the systems with their preferred methods of learning. A majority of respondents indicated a willingness to consider transportation alternatives, but far fewer had taken advantage of the alternatives in the past year. Older adult respondents, in particular, are not taking advantage of new mobility solutions at the levels that they might. Finally, while many older adults generally expressed a willingness to use some level of automation, they expressed less interested in full autonomy than younger drivers.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB60 Standing Committee on Safe Mobility of Older Persons.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Abraham, Hillary
- Lee, Chaiwoo
- Brady, Samantha
- Fitzgerald, Craig
- Mehler, Bruce
- Reimer, Bryan
- Coughlin, Joseph F
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 16p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Autonomous land vehicles; Human machine systems; ITS program technologies; Learning; Mobility; Technological innovations; User interfaces (Computer science)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01626311
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-04794
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 22 2017 9:55AM