Egocentric, Altruistic, or Hypocritic?: A Cross-Cultural Study of Choice between Pedestrian-first and Driver-first of Autonomous Car

• DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.16688941.v2
• Publication Date: 2022-09-20T19:07:43Z
• Authors: Ono, Shigeharu; Okazaki, Yumi; Kanetsuna, Keigo; Masaharu Mizumoto
• Keywords: Affect

<p>How should the autonomous car behave when faced with an unavoidable fatal accident? The answer may vary depending on perspective from which choice is made. If people this question as a driver, choosing that prioritizes driver’s safety looks egocentric, and pedestrians’ altruistic. On other hand, if people’s attitudes change whether one’s visible to others, time hypocritic they tend choose pedestrian-first others can see choice. At same time, we also expect these answers culturally. However, there are such cultural differences, affect policies of governments, lawmakers, manufacturers, consumers’ choices. To investigate preference their possible tendency, together its variance, conducted survey (N = 683) Japanese, Chinese, American participants. We found some interesting unexpected differences in answers, provide valuable new data for future discussions issues surrounding car.</p>