Print Email Facebook Twitter Interaction between pedestrians and Wizard of Oz automated vehicles Title Interaction between pedestrians and Wizard of Oz automated vehicles Author Rodriguez Palmeiro, Ana (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Transport and Planning) Contributor Hagenzieker, M.P. (mentor) Farah, H. (mentor) Vissers, Luuk (mentor) de Winter, J.C.F. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2017-06-22 Abstract Automated Vehicles (AV) will be introduced on public roads in the near future. This would result in automated vehicles sharing the urban space with other road users including drivers of traditional vehicles and vulnerable road users. Pedestrians might be unable to distinguish the vehicle type (traditional or automated) they are interacting with and crossing situations might become confusing, possibly leading to dangerous encounters between pedestrians and vehicles. There is currently little knowledge about the interactions between pedestrians and AVs from the point of view of the pedestrian in a real life environment. The aim of this master thesis is to determine whether pedestrians’ crossing intentions differ when interacting with automated vehicles compared to when interacting with traditional vehicles. An experiment was developed on a closed road where participants encountered a Wizard of Oz automated vehicle and a traditional vehicle in a within-subject design. In the Wizard of Oz set-up, a fake ‘driver’ sat on the driver seat while the vehicle was driven by the passenger with a joystick. Different scenarios were studied regarding vehicle appearance (‘driver’ reading a newspaper, roof signs, hood/side signs) and approach direction (left vs. right). Results showed that the majority of participants reported that the vehicle was (sometimes) driven autonomously, which indicates that the Wizard of Oz was credible. Moreover, most of the participants perceived the differences in vehicle appearance and reported to be influenced by these features. Despite of this, measurements of critical gaps and self-reported level of stress showed no significant differences between the different conditions of vehicle appearance. Subject Automated vehiclesPedestriansRoad safetyCrossing intentionsGap acceptancePerceived safety To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3ae03c12-75dc-4039-a089-cb1b9fdbf22f Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2017 Ana Rodriguez Palmeiro Files PDF MSc_Thesis_Ana_Rodriguez_ ... lmeiro.pdf 9.26 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3ae03c12-75dc-4039-a089-cb1b9fdbf22f/datastream/OBJ/view