Would you cross the road?: Modelling interactions between the factors influencing pedestrians’ decisions when exposed to automated vehicles

Sachita Shahi; Stewart Birrell; Ashim Debnath; Ben Horan; William Payre

doi:10.1145/3597512.3600204

Would you cross the road? Modelling interactions between the factors influencing pedestrians’ decisions when exposed to automated vehicles

Sachita Shahi, Stewart Birrell, Ashim Debnath, Ben Horan, William Payre

Centre for Future Transport and Cities

Deakin University

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Abstract

Introduction: The advancement of Automated vehicles (AVs) is an ongoing process. Novel concepts are being tested and validated frequently to improve AVs' functionality. An expected benefit of AVs is the improvement of vulnerable road users' safety. While interacting with human-driven vehicles, pedestrians seek out visual cues provided by the driver such as eye contact or hand gestures to make decisions. These communication means may be absent in AVs. In these situations, pedestrians may misinterpret the AVs' intention, thus causing confusion. Therefore, it is necessary to first analyze the factors considered by pedestrians to understand how they make decisions while interacting with an AV. More insight can be obtained from a study conducted to see the interaction between factors. Research objective: This research focuses on four factors, namely, the urgency of the task, weather conditions, social contagion, and road markings. This research aims to determine which factors have more weight made by the pedestrian while crossing a road. Methodology: The analysis will be conducted based on Anderson's experimental protocol, supported by the information integration theory. Outcomes: The results from this study are expected to quantify which factors affect the decision-making process and the importance of each factor from a pedestrians' perspective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	979-8-4007-0734-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3600204
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2023
Event	First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 11 Jul 2023 → 12 Jul 2023

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
Publisher	ACM

Conference

Conference	First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems
Abbreviated title	TAS 23
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	11/07/23 → 12/07/23

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Keywords

Anderson's Experimental Protocol
Automated vehicles
Information Integration Theory
Pedestrian Road Crossing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Shahi, S., Birrell, S., Debnath, A., Horan, B., & Payre, W. (2023). Would you cross the road? Modelling interactions between the factors influencing pedestrians’ decisions when exposed to automated vehicles. In TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (pp. 1-6). Article 35 (Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3600204

Would you cross the road? Modelling interactions between the factors influencing pedestrians’ decisions when exposed to automated vehicles. / Shahi, Sachita ; Birrell, Stewart; Debnath, Ashim et al.
TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. ACM, 2023. p. 1-6 35 (Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Shahi, S , Birrell, S, Debnath, A, Horan, B & Payre, W 2023, Would you cross the road? Modelling interactions between the factors influencing pedestrians’ decisions when exposed to automated vehicles. in TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems., 35, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, ACM, pp. 1-6, First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 11/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3600204

Shahi S , Birrell S, Debnath A, Horan B, Payre W. Would you cross the road? Modelling interactions between the factors influencing pedestrians’ decisions when exposed to automated vehicles. In TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. ACM. 2023. p. 1-6. 35. (Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems). Epub 2023 Jul 11. doi: 10.1145/3597512.3600204

Shahi, Sachita ; Birrell, Stewart ; Debnath, Ashim et al. / Would you cross the road? Modelling interactions between the factors influencing pedestrians’ decisions when exposed to automated vehicles. TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. ACM, 2023. pp. 1-6 (Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems).

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