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Title:

DRIVER DISTRACTION: EVALUATION WITH EVENT DETECTION PARADIGM

Accession Number:

00965582

Record Type:

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Abstract:

The effects of eight in-vehicle tasks on driver distraction were measured in a large, moving-base driving simulator. Forty-eight adults, ranging in age from 35 to 66, and 15 teenagers participated in the simulated drive. Hand-held and hands-free versions of phone dialing, voicemail retrieval, and incoming calls represented six of the eight tasks. Manual radio tuning and climate control adjustment were also included to allow comparison with tasks that have traditionally been present in vehicles. During the drive the participants were asked to respond to sudden movements in surrounding traffic. The drivers ability to detect these sudden movements or events changed with the nature of the in-vehicle tasks that were being performed. Driving performance measures such as lane violations and heading error were also computed. The performance of the adult group was compared with the performance of the teenage drivers. Compared with the adults, the teens were found to choose unsafe following distances, have poor vehicle control skills, and be more prone to distraction from hand-held phone tasks.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1843, Human Performance, Simulation, User Information Systems, and Older Person Safety and Mobility.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Greenberg, J
Tijerina, L
CURRY, R
Artz, B
Cathey, L
Kochhar, D
Kozak, K
Blommer, M
Grant, P

Pagination:

p. 1-9

Publication Date:

2003

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1843
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309085772

Features:

Figures (6) ; Photos (2) ; References (12) ; Tables (5)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Nov 19 2003 12:00AM

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