The acceptance of Autonomous Emergency Braking System for Motorcycle: results before and after testing

Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) is a promising technology in the future of motorcycle safety, since it could be effective in reducing accidents consequences. In order to evaluate whether a personal experience of the intervention may influence the acceptance of such a system, an analysis of the results of a field study conducted in realistic pre-crash manoeuvres and involving 31 participants was carried out. Among users who applied for volunteering in field tests with motorcycle safety systems, the acceptability of AEB was generally lower compared to that of safety system already installed on standard vehicles. After field-testing automatic braking interventions, the participants’ opinion about the potential effectiveness and reliability of the system was more positive; none of the participants considered the system damaging anymore. Field testing motorcycle autonomous emergency braking in realistic pre-crash manoeuvres turned out to have a positive influence on the acceptability of the system among our participants.