Do males and females prefer different non-driving related activities during automated driving?

Guilhermina Torrao; Esko Lehtonen

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.621

Do males and females prefer different non-driving related activities during automated driving?

Guilhermina Torrao^*
, Esko Lehtonen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Aston University

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Abstract

We investigated gender differences in the willingness to use travel time for Non-Driving Related Tasks (NDRs) in conditionally automated vehicles (SAE Level 3) using a questionnaire study among 8,412 car-drivers in eight European countries (Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom), as part of the European L3Pilot project. Participants’ responses to what activities they would like to perform while the automated driving is activated were investigated. Results reveal that females were more willing to engage in NDRTs than males for nine out of 12 investigated activities. This study informs about gender differences in engagement with NDRTs which will help in policy development and future interior vehicle design to ensure that all potential users can benefit from AVs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1539-1546
Journal	Transportation Research Procedia
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.621
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Transport Research Arena 2022 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 14 Nov 2022 → 17 Nov 2022 https://traconference.eu/

Funding

The online survey was funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 program under the project L3Pilot, grant agreement number 723051.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Automated vehicles
gender differences
non-driving related activities
use of time

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