Research Article
Driver Preference and Level of Trust Related to Real-Time Road Freezing Risk Information
Table 1
Socioeconomic and travel characteristics of survey respondents.
| Variable | Category | Percentage |
| Gender | Male | 78.8 | Female | 21.2 |
| Age | 21–30 | 6.9 | 31–40 | 18.2 | 41–50 | 36.8 | >50 | 38.1 |
| Type of vehicle | Private | 55.0 | Commercial | 45.0 |
| Driving experience | <1 year | 4.8 | 1–5 years | 10.8 | >5 years | 84.4 |
| Accident experience | Yes | 29.4 | Not available | 70.6 |
| Trip purpose | Business | 39.4 | Leisure | 10.4 | Commute | 38.5 | Other | 11.7 |
| Route choice patterns | Based on traffic information | 32.0 | Based on personal experience and traffic information | 51.5 | Based on personal experience | 7.8 | Based on familiarity regardless of other factors | 8.7 |
| Familiarity | Familiar | 84.0 | Normal | 13.9 | Not familiar | 2.2 |
| Commute time | Constant | 68.4 | Not constant | 31.6 |
| Driving behavior | Respects rules | 32.9 | Adheres to surrounding traffic speed | 63.2 | Drives carefully | 3.9 |
| Level of education | High school | 38.5 | University | 29.4 | Graduate school | 32.0 |
| Occupation | Self-employed | 1.3 | General jobs | 23.8 | Student | 5.2 | Professionals | 69.7 |
| Annual mileage | ≥10000 km | 65.8 | <10000 km | 34.2 |
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