Transportation is a very important factor in daily life, but at the same time it also carries the risk of causing accidents and injuries. Among the solutions developed to reduce this risk, vehicle safety devices that utilize driver biometric informati...
Transportation is a very important factor in daily life, but at the same time it also carries the risk of causing accidents and injuries. Among the solutions developed to reduce this risk, vehicle safety devices that utilize driver biometric information are one of the technologies that are recently developing. This system analyzes the driver's bio-signals, evaluates the driving state, and is used to determine dangerous situations. However, technology development so far has been focused only on notifying the driver of such risk information, and there is still a lack of technology development or research on ways to reduce the risk of traffic accidents by informing the surroundings of risk information. Therefore, it was thought necessary to introduce an ‘Emergency Situation Alimi’ that can notify the driver’s risk information to nearby vehicles or road facilities.
In this study, recognizing that the development and introduction of 'Emergency Situation Alimi' requires a sufficient understanding of potential user‘s acceptance and related behaviors, we tried to identify the factors that affect the acceptance of 'Emergency Situation Alimi'. In addition, based on the fact that when potential
users accept a new technology, factors that have a positive effect and negative factors that cause resistance exist at the same time, a research model that comprehensively examines acceptance and resistance is presented. And through the empirical analysis through the questionnaire, the influence relationship between
these factors was confirmed. Furthermore, the moderating effect of how experience, occupation, and income affect the relationship between each factor in relation to demographic characteristics was also verified.
After examining various technologies and existing research methods, an integrated research model considering the antecedent factors that appear to have a significant effect on the intention to accept the 'Emergency Situation Alimi' and the resistance of innovation was presented. This research model was designed by combining the Technology Acceptance and Integration Model (UTAUT), a model that analyzes the acceptability of innovative technologies, with the MIR model that explains innovation resistance. Safety, reliability, social influence, and promotion conditions were selected as attitude measurement variables, and
economic risk and privacy risk were configured as innovation resistance measurement variables.
Research hypotheses were established based on the research model designed for research analysis, and questionnaire items were prepared based on operational definitions of each variable, and the survey was conducted. The survey was aimed at ordinary people across the country who would actually use the
‘Emergency Situation Alimi’, and from April 2023, the survey was conducted online for about two weeks, and response data from 155 people were obtained.
SmartPLS 4.0 was used for statistical processing and analysis of the survey results, and as a result of normality review by descriptive statistics, it was confirmed that there were no missing values or outliers in all measurement variables. However, in the evaluation of the measurement model, some of the measurement variables of attitude and resistance to innovation were removed from the acceptance range of the intensive validity. Afterwards, in the evaluation of the structural model, suitable results were obtained for multicollinearity, coefficient of determination, and predictive fit, so the remaining research variables could be
maintained without being removed.
Hypothesis testing was performed for the research model that had undergone model adequacy evaluation by evaluating the significance and adequacy of the path coefficient, and as a result, all research hypotheses except for two were adopted. In the moderating effect analysis, the effect relationship showing a significant difference between the groups according to the difference in occupation and income was confirmed.
This study has the following implications from an academic point of view.
First, based on the study on the acceptance of potential users, the relationship between the acceptance variable of 'Emergency Situation Alimi' and resistance through perceived risk was empirically confirmed. Second, 'safety', which was not well dealt with in the UTAUT, was presented as a measurement variable of
attitude, and the perceived risk related to innovation resistance was subdivided into multi-dimensional rather than single-dimensional, and the relationship was examined.
There are four major industrial policy implications. First, the research results showed that companies or organizations related to 'Emergency Situation Alimi' can actively utilize social marketing to introduce the system. Second, in order to alleviate users' resistance to innovation and promote system acceptance, a
cost-effective system implementation plan should be considered at the development and introduction stage of 'Emergency Situation Alimi', and strong security and privacy protection measures should be taken. Third, it is important to more clearly communicate the benefits and values of 'Emergency Situation Alimi' to those whose jobs are related to vehicle operation, and to provide examples and evidence of how the system actually improves driving safety.
Finally, the fourth is that when considering the introduction and use of 'Emergency Situation Alimi', it is necessary to devise a strategy suitable for their characteristics and needs, considering the income difference of users.