Azuma Miki Casey, Giordano Frank Bryan, Stoffregen Stacy Ann, Klos Leah Shely, Lee Jin
Department of Psychology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
Ergonomics. 2023 Feb;66(2):246-260. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2022.2076906. Epub 2022 May 31.
This study examines how favourable attitudes towards autonomous vehicle technology and automation-induced complacency relate to unsafe driving behaviours using semi-autonomous vehicles as an exemplar. The sample consisted of 441 college students and a repeated measures design was used to examine the relationships between psychological attitudes and susceptibility to risky driving behaviours across three scenarios. Linear regression analyses were conducted for hypothesis testing. Study 1 showed that favourable attitudes towards autonomous vehicle technologies were not significantly associated with susceptibility to risky driving behaviours. Study 2 replicated this finding, however, automation-induced complacency was significantly associated with susceptibility to risky driving behaviours. Additionally, evidence was found for the incremental validity of automation-induced complacency over favourable attitudes towards autonomous features. In distinguishing favourable attitudes towards autonomous features from automation-induced complacency, future research and policy-making can separately address these constructs for the promotion of traffic safety and policy-making. We aimed to assess inclinations towards risky driving behaviours in semi-autonomous vehicles. Using vignettes, we found that favourable attitudes towards autonomous vehicles are not associated with risky behaviours, but automation-induced complacency was. Our findings suggest policies like educational programs can be implemented to prevent misuse of semi-autonomous vehicles.
本研究以半自动驾驶汽车为例，考察对自动驾驶汽车技术的积极态度以及自动化导致的自满情绪与不安全驾驶行为之间的关系。样本包括441名大学生，并采用重复测量设计来检验三种情景下心理态度与危险驾驶行为易感性之间的关系。进行线性回归分析以进行假设检验。研究1表明，对自动驾驶汽车技术的积极态度与危险驾驶行为易感性没有显著关联。研究2重复了这一发现，然而，自动化导致的自满情绪与危险驾驶行为易感性显著相关。此外，还发现了自动化导致的自满情绪相对于对自动驾驶功能的积极态度具有增量效度的证据。在区分对自动驾驶功能的积极态度和自动化导致的自满情绪方面，未来的研究和政策制定可以分别针对这些构念来促进交通安全和政策制定。我们旨在评估半自动驾驶汽车中危险驾驶行为的倾向。通过使用情景描述，我们发现对自动驾驶汽车的积极态度与危险行为无关，但自动化导致的自满情绪与之有关。我们的研究结果表明，可以实施诸如教育项目等政策来防止对半自动驾驶汽车的滥用。
