Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Accid Anal Prev. 2011 Jan;43(1):412-20. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.09.011. Epub 2010 Oct 23.
In-vehicle technologies that document driving practices have the potential to enhance the driving safety of young drivers, but their installation depends largely on their parents' willingness and raises ethical dilemmas. This study investigated, using closed and open-ended questions, the views of 906 parents of young drivers in Israel regarding their willingness to install such a technology, and their conceptions of social norms and ethical issues associated with the technology and of factors that would encourage or discourage parents to adopt it. Most believed parents should feel morally obligated to install it. When cost was not a consideration, most said they would, and believed other parents would be willing to install the technology. Fewer (about half) expressed willingness to install it after being told about its estimated cost. Monetary cost was rated as a barrier to install it by about half. Environmental considerations were viewed as an incentive. Parents who supported the installation believed it would serve as a trigger for parent-young driver communication but those who did not thought it would erode trust in the parent-young driver relationship. Most said parents should have access to the monitoring data. Policy implications regarding issues of privacy and resources for parents are discussed.
车内技术可以记录驾驶行为，从而提高年轻驾驶员的驾驶安全性，但这些技术的安装在很大程度上取决于父母的意愿，这引发了伦理道德问题。本研究通过封闭式和开放式问题，调查了以色列 906 名年轻驾驶员父母对安装此类技术的意愿，以及他们对与技术相关的社会规范和伦理问题的看法，还有可能鼓励或阻碍父母采用该技术的因素。大多数父母认为自己在道德上有义务安装该技术。当不考虑成本时，大多数父母表示他们愿意安装，而且认为其他父母也会愿意安装该技术。在得知该技术的估计成本后，只有少数（约一半）父母表示愿意安装。约一半的父母认为经济成本是安装的障碍。环境因素被认为是一个激励因素。支持安装的父母认为这将成为父母与年轻驾驶员之间沟通的触发因素，但不支持安装的父母则认为这会破坏父母与年轻驾驶员之间的信任关系。大多数父母表示应该有权访问监控数据。文中还讨论了与隐私和父母资源相关的政策问题。
