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Title: ELDERLY PEOPLE AND MOBILE TELEPHONE USE - EFFECTS ON DRIVER BEHAVIOUR?
Accession Number: 00639784
Record Type: Component
Availability: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 25 Find a library where document is available Abstract: The effects of a mobile telephone conversation on driving were studied in the advanced driving simulator at VTI. Twenty subjects, 10 men and 10 women, ages 60 to 71, and 10 men and 10 women, ages 23 to 58 participated in this study. The road driven by the subjects was straight and not expected to cause any problems with speed choice and steering. The workload imposed on the subjects was thought to be very low. The telephone task included handling of the phone and a conversation. The handling task consisted of pushing the hands-free button to activate the telephone when calling. During the conversation, subjects were asked to listen to pre-recorded sentences and for each sentence to judge if it was "sensible" or "nonsense". After a numer of sentences they had to recall the last word in each sentence.
Report/Paper Numbers: VTI Rapport 372A, Part 3
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 25 Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: NILSSON, LAlm, HPagination: v.p.
Publication Date: 1991-9
Serial:
VTI Rapport
Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) Conference:
Proceedings of the Conference, Strategic Highway Research Program and Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Part Three
Location:
Gothenburg, Sweden Features: Figures; References
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Dec 6 1993 12:00AM
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