5. Pedestrian Behavior Tags

Behavior

Explanation

Trip

onto driving lane

Fall

onto driving lane

Along lane

along a lane instead of crossing

Zig-zag

abrupt alternating left or right turns

Brisk-walk

walk fast

Group-walk

walk in a group

Group-disperse

initially together and disperse due to traffic, can mean part of the group crosses and part of the group chooses not to

Re-group

the group moves back together

Dog-walk

with a dog

Retreat

walk backwards

Speed-up

sudden change

Slow-down

sudden change

Pause-start

stop momentarily and proceed afterward

Cross-without-crosswalk

not crossing at marked crosswalk, whether that be at a mid-block or over anything

Cross-on-red

crossing on red light

Drop object

onto driving lane

Pickup object

onto driving lane

Pop-out occlusion

appears suddenly behind another object

Crawling

moving slowly, often on hands and knees

Dancing

moving rhythmically or performing dance-like motions

Crosswalk-detour

initially on the crosswalk but leaves to take a shortcut

Gesturing

using hand or body movements to signal or communicate with anything except incoming vehicle (waving at someone across the street)

Back turned

against incoming vehicle

Ignore-traffic

​crossing or walking in front of moving vehicles, ignoring them

Instant Reaction

Swerve

abrupt change in direction

Break

abrupt stop at the lane boundary and yield

Flinch out

jump out of ego’s lane

Flinch in

jump into the ego’s lane

Frozen

stop in the middle of a lane

Skid

loses traction or sliding on lane

Dragged on ground

being dragged along the ground

Collision

Collision

leading to injury

Near-miss

nearly missing a collision

Run into traffic

creating near-miss/collision with vehicles

Thrown back

thrown backward by vehicle collision

Interaction

Make stop

gesturing to vehicle to stop

Make go

gesturing to vehicle to go

Aggression

aggressive gestures to vehicle

Assault

assault the vehicle

Climbing onto car hood

climbs onto the car hood

Observing

standing still and observing vehicle’s behavior

Mental State

Looking

at the oncoming traffic (>1s)

Glancing

at the oncoming traffic (<1s)

Not looking/glancing

at the oncoming traffic

Fixated not at incoming vehicle

Fixating attention at any object except incoming vehicle

Preoccupied

performing a task such that attention isn’t given to the incoming vehicle

Agitated

showing agitation

Cautious

showing careful deliberation

Intention

Cross

intends to cross

Not-cross

doesn’t intend to cross

Not-sure-cross

not sure if intends to cross