Perceptions of autonomous vehicles: Relationships with road users, risk, gender and age

Safety Science

Volumn 102, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-13

  Hulse, Lynn M ^a   Xie, Hui ^a   Galea, Edwin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Autonomous vehicle; Gender; Pedestrian; Risk; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; FULLY AUTOMATED; GENDER; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; PEDESTRIAN; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; ROAD SAFETY;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 85030850240     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2017.10.001     Document Type: Article

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