Feeling-of-safety slider: measuring pedestrian willingness to cross roads in field interactions with vehicles

Abstract

Can interactions between automated vehicles and pedestrians be evaluated in a quantifiable and standardized way? In order to answer this, we designed an input device in the form of a continuous slider that enables pedestrians to indicate their willingness to cross a road and their feeling of safety in real time in response to an approaching vehicle. In an initial field study, 71% of the participants reported that they were able to use the device naturally and indicate their feeling of safety satisfactorily. The feeling-of-safety slider can consequently be used to evaluate and benchmark interactions between pedestrians and vehicles, and compare communication interfaces for automated vehicles.

Original document

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• https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/feelingofsafety-slider(20ca7d39-5f6b-4e25-aa67-af0205b8d427).html

• https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/feelingofsafety-slider(ce97fa29-217c-4acd-bd79-3258d7fe2c5c).html