Form No. 1 Form No. 1 PreRoadshow questionnaire

PRE-ROADSHOW QUESTIONNAIRE
Thank you for agreeing to complete this questionnaire. This study is funded by the US
Department of Transportation. Each questionnaire will take approximately 10 minutes to
complete. Data collected from this questionnaire will be posted to the public VTTI Dataverse
website for other researchers to access.
By submitting the questionnaire, you are agreeing to participate in this research study to collect
opinions regarding automated driving system (ADS) technologies from members of the trucking
industry. Personal information that may identify you will not be collected at any time. You may
answer any of the questions with the option ‘I prefer not to answer this question’ if you do not
feel comfortable answering. You may choose not to submit the questionnaire if you change your
mind about participating. If you have any questions, please see a member of the VTTI research
team.

PARTICIPANT ID#
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Please enter the first two letters of your name (e.g., Jeff would be JE) ____
Please enter the first two letters of your last name (e.g., Smith would be SM) ____
Day you were born as two digits (e.g., 6 would be 06) _____
Have you completed this questionnaire today? Yes □ No □

PART 1: DEMOGRAPHICS
(1) Please indicate your age?
□18 to 24
□ 25 to 35
□ 36 to 45
□ 46 to 55
□ 55 to 65
□ <65
□ I prefer not to answer this question
(2) Do you have a Commercial Drivers’ License? (check one)
□ Yes
□ No
□ I prefer not to answer this question
(3) Have you worked as a commercial vehicle driver? (Check one)
□ Yes
□ No
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(4) What best describes your role in the commercial vehicle industry? (Check one)
□ Driver
□ Fleet
□ Government
□ Supplier
□ Manufacturer
□ Inspection/Law Enforcement
□ Maintenance/Analytics
□ Other (please specify) ________________________________
□ I prefer not to answer this question
(5) Have experienced a commercial truck automated driving system (ADS) before?
□ Yes
□ No
□ I prefer not to answer this question
If “yes”, how did you learn about commercial truck automation (Check all that apply)
□ In-vehicle demonstration of automated driving
□ Watched a demonstration of automated driving in person
□ Saw videos of the automated driving technology
□ Read about the automated driving technology
□ Talked about automated driving technology with developers
□ Other (please specify): ________________________________________
PART 2: ADS ACCEPTANCE
Please answer the following 15 questions which will assess your acceptance of automated driving
systems (ADS). Answer each question as a judgement of ADS by placing a mark in the box for
each question. The more you believe the judgment, the closer you place a mark to that term. A
mark in the middle of the judgment reflects you do not have an opinion on either judgement (i.e.,
neutral). Answer each question as “I believe ADS technologies are….”
(1)

Useful □ □ □ □ □ Useless
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(2)

Pleasant □ □ □ □ □ Unpleasant
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(3)

Bad □ □ □ □ □ Good
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(4)

Nice □ □ □ □ □ Annoying

□ I prefer not to answer this question
(5)

Effective □ □ □ □ □ Superfluous
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(6)

Irritating □ □ □ □ □ Likeable
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(7)

Assisting □ □ □ □ □ Worthless
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(8)

Undesirable □ □ □ □ □ Desirable
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(9)

Raising Alertness □ □ □ □ □ Sleep Inducing
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(10)

Unsafe □ □ □ □ □ Safe
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(11)

Cost-effective □ □ □ □ □ Too Expensive
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(12)

Too disruptive to operations □ □ □ □ □ Compatible with operations
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(13)

Acceptable to drivers □ □ □ □ □ Unacceptable to drivers
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(14)

Training would be difficult □ □ □ □ □ Training would be easy
□ I prefer not to answer this question

(15)

Performs well □ □ □ □ □ Performs poorly
□ I prefer not to answer this question