Road users and the general population by and large recognise the value of vehicles with automated driving systems and features (otherwise typically known as Autonomous Vehicles (AVs)) in terms of road safety, reduced emissions and convenience, but are still wary of their capability, preferring the ‘comfort zone’ of human operator intervention. Motorcyclists and cyclists conversely, are vulnerable to human fallibility in driving, with the majority of crashes occurring as a consequence of other drivers’ inattention. The transition period associated with the introduction of AVs will require AVs and motorcyclists/cyclists sharing the road for a number of years yet, so we need to understand motorcyclists’/cyclists’ perception of AVs. The question of interest here is whether motorcyclists/cyclists reflect the historical literature in this area by having higher levels of trust for human drivers over AVs, or whether they have higher levels of trust in AVs because it removes the ‘human element’ that has been proven to be particularly dangerous for them. Here we surveyed motorcyclists and cyclists about their trust in human drivers and AVs, and developed a novel suite of questions designed to interrogate the difference between trust in general versus trust as a concept of their own personal safety. Some of the salient outcomes suggest that motorcyclists have medium to low levels of trust for both human drivers and AVs, but are significantly more likely to believe that AVs are safer in terms of their own personal safety, such as prioritising or detecting the rider, compared to human drivers. This relationship varies with age and crash experience. The results here are consistent with the logic that motorcyclists/cyclists have a heightened sense of vulnerability on the road and welcome the introduction of AVs as a way of mitigating personal risk when riding. This insight will be crucial to the subsequent roll-out of AVs in the future.

道路使用者和广大民众普遍认识到具有自动驾驶系统和功能的车辆（也称为自动驾驶汽车）在道路安全，减少排放和便利性方面的价值，但仍对其能力保持警惕，更喜欢人工干预的“舒适区”。相反，电单车司机和骑单车的人在驾驶中容易受到人为失误的伤害，其中大多数的撞车事故是由于其他驾驶员的疏忽造成的。与引入自动驾驶汽车相关的过渡期将需要自动驾驶汽车和摩托车手/骑自行车的人共享道路多年，因此，我们需要了解摩托车手/骑自行车者对自动驾驶汽车的看法。这里感兴趣的问题是，摩托车手/骑自行车的人是否通过对人类驾驶员对AV的更高信任度来反映该领域的历史文献，或者他们是否对AV具有更高的信任度，因为它消除了已经存在的“人为因素”。被证明对他们特别危险。在这里，我们对摩托车手和骑车人进行了调查，了解他们对人类驾驶员和AV的信任，并提出了一套新颖的问题，旨在询问一般信任与信任之间的区别，以此作为他们自身人身安全的概念。一些明显的结果表明，摩托车驾驶者对人类驾驶员和AV的信任度处于中低水平，但更有可能认为，就个人自身安全而言，AV更为安全，例如优先考虑或检测骑手，与人类驾驶员相比。这种关系随年龄和碰撞经验而变化。此处的结果与摩托车手/骑自行车的人在道路上的脆弱感增强的逻辑相一致，并欢迎引入自动驾驶汽车以减轻骑车时的人身危险。这种洞察力对于以后日后推出AV至关重要。