Children's views on identification and intention communication of self-driving vehicles

• One of the major reasons behind traffic accidents is misinterpretation among road users. Self-driving vehicles are expected to reduce these accidents, given that they are designed with all road users in mind. Recently, research on the design of vehicle-pedestrian communication has emerged, but to our knowledge, there is no research published that investigates the design of interfaces for intent communication towards child pedestrians. This paper reports the initial steps towards the examination of children's views and understandings about the appearance and intention communication of self-driving vehicles. It adopts a design inclusive methodological approach for the development of a prototype for the communication of two basic intentions: "I am going to stop" and "I am going to proceed". The initial results indicate children's need to be aware about the autonomy of the vehicle and the use of their previous experience with traffic signs for the interpretation of communicative signs of the vehicle.

Keyword

Child pedestrians

Inclusive design research

Intention communication

Interface design

Self-driving vehicles

Accidents

Pedestrian safety

Roads and streets

Traffic signs

Vehicles

Inclusive design

Interface designs

Methodological approach

Road users

Self drivings

Vehicle PEdestrian Communications

Vehicle to vehicle communications

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