抄録
Advanced intelligent vehicles capable of autonomous driving will be commercially available in near future. To build a beneficial relationship between driver and vehicle, it is important to analyze how the drivers would react to autonomous driving compared to conventional human-driven driving. In this study, we develop a driving simulator for analyzing individual driving experience in several road conditions for autonomous and human-driven vehicles. The driving simulator incorporates fundamental functions to connect arbitrary interfaces, create virtual environments consisting of scenarios and events that drivers encounter in real-world driving, and reproduce fully autonomous driving. The results of preliminary experiments showed that experienced drivers opt for human-driven driving mainly due to the flexibility and driving fun it offers, while novices tend to prefer autonomous driving due to its inherent easiness and safety.
