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Table 2 Frustrating situations sorted by categories and subcategories with examples
From: Why drivers are frustrated: results from a diary study and focus groups
Category | Subcategory | Example |
|---|---|---|
traffic | ||
|  | Construction sites | ‘roadworks’ |
‘track width of roadworks’ | ||
Dense traffic | ‘traffic jam due to an accident’ | |
‘slow traffic flow in the rush hour’ | ||
Finding parking | ‘didn’t find a parking spot’ | |
‘parking in big cities’ | ||
Red lights | ‘bad traffic light circuit’ | |
‘no green wave on the main street’ | ||
Slow vehicles | ‘stuck behind a truck on a curvy road’ | |
‘slow car on the road’ | ||
Unclear traffic management | ‘too many road signs’ | |
‘badly signposted diversion road’ | ||
Unnecessary traffic rules | ‘unnecessary speed limit’ | |
‘traffic light circuit led to a long latency at night’ | ||
in-car | ||
|  | HMI | ‘drive in a rental car with a lane departure warning system that constantly warned me in a roadwork section’ |
‘infotainment-system hangs while driving’ | ||
|  | Social environment | ‘co-driver constantly instructs me while driving’ |
‘co-driver criticizes my driving mode’ | ||
|  | Technical defect | ‘malfunctions of the car’ |
‘car didn’t recognize the car key’ | ||
|  | Wrong information about traffic | ‘obsolete traffic news’ |
‘suddenly blocked road’ | ||
others | ||
|  |  | ‘bad roads (potholes)’ |
‘too expensive fuel’ | ||
self-inflicted | ||
|  |  | ‘got caught in a speed trap’ |
‘got lost while driving’ | ||
weather | ||
|  |  | ‘bad view and difficult driving conditions’ |
‘too much heat in the car’ | ||