A psycho-ergonomic approach of the street-crossing decision-making: Toward pedestrians’ interactions with automated vehicles

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Abstract

A confident interaction between pedestrians and automated vehicles will be a milestone in the acceptability of the use of these new vehicles. The automated vehicle should be able to offer the pedestrian a safe and non-uncertain street-crossing situation. The aim of the study was to perform an analysis of the activity of street-crossing, focusing on the decision-making in a natural environment. The study was carried out with a sample of 20 participants A triangulation of Ergonomics methods (explicitation interview, video recordings and questionnaires) was conducted. Immediately after each last crossing, participants were invited to participate to an elicitation interview. In total, 73 street-crossings were described. Cognitive, perceptive activities and emotional feelings were identified, classified and analyzed. The results highlight some different patterns of perceptive and cognitive activities between risky and non-risky decision-making. They show the complexity of the decision-making that cannot be reduced to a specific moment but constitutes a continuously updated process containing perception, action, cognition and social aspects. Moreover, a strong link with the emotional feelings is highlighted. In the context of the future interaction between the pedestrian and the automated vehicle, this study is a first step toward AVs which will have to anticipate and react appropriately to the street-crossing behavior of the pedestrians.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume VI
Subtitle of host publicationTransport Ergonomics and Human Factors TEHF, Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics
EditorsYushi Fujita, Sebastiano Bagnara, Riccardo Tartaglia, Sara Albolino, Thomas Alexander
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages132-141
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783319960739
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Event20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 26 Aug 201830 Aug 2018

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume823
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

Conference20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityFlorence
Period26/08/1830/08/18

Keywords

  • Automated vehicles
  • Decision-making
  • Pedestrian
  • Street-crossing

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