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Title: Autonomous vehicles between anticipation and apprehension: Investigations through safety and security perceptions
Authors: HUSSAIN, Qinaat 
Alhajyaseen, Wael K. M.
ADNAN, Muhammad 
Almallah, Mustafa
Almukdad, Abdulkarim
Alqaradawi, Mohammed
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Source: Transport Policy, 110,. p. 440-451
Abstract: Due to the ongoing enormous infrastructural developments and car ownership culture in Qatar, it could be one of those countries to introduce Autonomous Vehicles (AV) technology at the early stages. Therefore, this study surveyed a number of residents at the State of Qatar to improve our understandings of their perceptions regarding overall safety of AV (General_safety), safety due to the fact that AV could eliminate human errors (Human_errors), safety due to the interactions between Human-Driven Vehicles (HDV) and AV (HDV-AV_in-teractions), performance in harsh environmental conditions, security, comfort level, travel time, congestion and operational costs. In addition, the study uncovered the relationships of public perceptions towards AV and some other contextual factors with the willingness to adopt it in the future. To study these relations, we relied on a Structural Equation Modeling. Overall, the results showed that respondents had higher and positive perceptions regarding "General_safety" and "Human_errors", however, they were more concerned about "HDV-AV_inter-actions" and its security. In addition, individuals' preference to shift to AV in the future was positively correlated with their perception level of "General_safety", "Human_errors", Comfort and Travel_time. Regarding ethnicity of the respondents, non-Arabs reported higher concerns regarding AV security, compared to Arabs. Furthermore, interestingly the results revealed that individuals having higher knowledge about AV technology had more concerns on "General_safety" and "HDV-AV_interactions", while they had positive perceptions that AV could eliminate human errors. The findings from this study are anticipated to allow AV manufacturers and other relevant authorities to enhance public confidence towards AV technology by targeting different sub-groups through particular safety or security awareness campaigns.
Notes: Hussain, Q; Alhajyaseen, WKM (corresponding author), Qatar Univ, Coll Engn, Qatar Transportat & Traff Safety Ctr, POB 2713, Doha, Qatar.; Alhajyaseen, WKM (corresponding author), Qatar Univ, Coll Engn, Civil & Architectural Engn Dept, POB 2713, Doha, Qatar.
qinaat.hussain@qu.edu.qa; wyaseen@qu.edu.qa; muhammad.adnan@uhasselt.be;
malmallah@qu.edu.qa; karim.almukdad@qu.edu.qa; myq@qu.edu.qa
Keywords: Autonomous vehicles; Public perception; AV safety; AV security; HDV-AV;interactions; State of Qatar
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/34725
ISSN: 0967-070X
e-ISSN: 1879-310X
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.07.001
ISI #: WOS:000679370200002
Rights: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2022
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