We are studying cross-cultural differences in driving styles in order to collect a dataset to train autonomous vehicles in different geographical locations. We have a portable set of steering wheels, floor peddles, virtual reality headsets, which we bring to different countries and run studies. We collect their driving data, and their interpretations of their own driving and other driver’s driving. We have published two papers on this, listed here while the other is still in press.


D. Goedicke, C. Zolkov, N. Friedman, T. Wise, A. Parush and W. Ju, “Strangers in a Strange Land: New Experimental System for Understanding Driving Culture Using VR,” in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 3399-3413, April 2022, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2022.3152611.