Automated vehicles (AVs) are expected to improve traffic flow efficiency and safety. The deployment of AVs on motorways is expected to be the first step in their implementation. One of the main concerns is how human drivers will interact with AVs. Dedicating specific lanes to AVs have been suggested as a possible solution. However, there is still a lack of evidence-based research on the consequence of dedicated lanes for AVs on human drivers’ behavior. To bridge this research gap, a driving simulator experiment was conducted to investigate the behavior of human drivers exposed to different road design configurations of dedicated lanes on motorways. The experiment sample consisted of 34 (13 female) licensed drivers in the age range of 20–30. A repeated measures ANOVA was applied, which revealed that the type of separation between the dedicated lane and the other lanes has a significant influence on the behavior of human drivers driving in the proximity of AV platoons. Human drivers maintained a significantly lower time headway (THW) when driving in the proximity of a continuous access dedicated lane as compared to a limited-access dedicated lane with a guardrail separation for AV platoons. A similar result was found for the limited-access dedicated lane in comparison to the limited-access dedicated lane with guardrail separation. Moreover, the results regarding the empirical relationships between THW and sociodemographic variables indicate a significant THW difference between males and females as well as a significant inverse relationship between THW and the years of driving experience.

自动驾驶汽车（AVs）有望改善交通流的效率和安全性。在高速公路上部署自动驾驶汽车有望成为其实施的第一步。主要关注的问题之一是人类驾驶员将如何与AV交互。已经建议将特定的车道专用于AV，作为可能的解决方案。然而，关于自动驾驶专用车道对驾驶员行为的影响，仍然缺乏基于证据的研究。为了弥合这一研究差距，我们进行了驾驶模拟器实验，以研究暴露于高速公路专用车道的不同道路设计配置下的驾驶员行为。该实验样本由34位（13位女性）有执照的20至30岁年龄段的驾驶员组成。重复测量了方差分析，这表明，专用车道与其他车道之间的分隔类型对在AV排附近驾驶的驾驶员的行为产生重大影响。与具有AV排的带护栏分隔的有限访问专用车道相比，在连续访问专用车道附近行驶时，人类驾驶员的时距（THW）大大降低。与带有护栏分离的有限通道专用车道相比，对于有限通道专用车道发现了相似的结果。此外，有关THW与社会人口统计学变量之间的经验关系的结果表明，男性和女性之间THW的显着差异以及THW与驾驶经验的年限之间存在显着的反比关系。