Estimating driver awareness of pedestrians in crosswalk in the path of right or left turns at an intersection from vehicle behavior

Abstract

This paper presents a method for estimating a driver's awareness of the presence of a pedestrian while crossing or trying to cross a crosswalk located in the path of a right or left turn when the driver is trying to turn right or left at an intersection based on the behavior of the vehicle operated by the driver. The method is based on the idea that different driving behaviors occur in similar situations depending on whether the driver notices a pedestrian. The results of an evaluation performed using actual driving behavior data of vehicles driven on public roads are also reported.