Risk-Taking Driving Behavior in Interacting With an Autonomous Vehicle at Two-Way Stop-Controlled Intersections

Abstract

During the initial stages of autonomous vehicles (AVs), they will coexist and interact with human-driven vehicles (HVs). There is a research gap in exploring AVs’ impact on human drivers’ risk-taking driving behaviors during such interactions. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 676 drivers to gain insight into this impact. Respondents were asked to complete the questionnaires after understanding the scenarios of interacting between HVs and AVs at two-way stop-controlled intersections. The results demonstrate that human drivers have higher risky driving intentions and perceive lesser social pressure and safety risks when interacting with AVs compared to HVs interactions. Attitudes are the most important factor in explaining risk-taking driving intentions. Furthermore, intentions are directly influenced by perceived behavioral control when interacting with AVs. These findings indicate that human drivers may engage in risky behaviors when interacting with AVs.

Keywords:

• Autonomous vehicles
• two-way stop-controlled intersections
• risk-taking driving behavior
• theory of planned behavior

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by Advanced Multidisciplinary Project of Central South University (Grant Number: 2023QYJC016), National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Number: 2020YFB1600400), and China Scholarship Council (Grant Number: 202306370123).

Notes on contributors

Qianshan Jiang

Qianshan Jiang received the MS degree from the School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Hunan, China. He is pursuing a PhD in traffic engineering at Central South University. Mr. Jiang was an excellent university graduate of Anhui, China and got the Chinese National Scholarship in 2017.

Jaeyoung Lee

Jaeyoung Lee is Full Professor at School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University and Courtesy Professor at University of Central Florida. His research interests lie in the area of traffic safety, travel behavior, connected/autonomous vehicle technology applications. He is on editorial board of top journals in the fields.

Farrukh Baig

Farrukh Baig is currently pursuing the PhD degree in traffic engineering at Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. He is a registered town planner affiliated with the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners and a lecturer at University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.