Driver Distraction with Wireless Telecommunications and Route Guidance Systems

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• Creators:
  Tijerina, L. ; Johnston, S. ; Parmer, E. ; Winterbottom, M. D. ; Goodman, M
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Cellular Telephone
  • Crash Avoidance
  • Driver Workload
  • ITS
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 809-069
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Concerns have been raised in recent years about the distraction potential of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies including driver ; information systems such as route navigation systems. The research described in this report had the following objectives: 1) characterize the impact ; of route guidance system destination entry use on vehicle control and driver eye glance behavior on a test track; 2) assess the influence of individual ; differences, as indexed by a battery of cognitive tests, on the susceptibility to distraction as indicated by disruption in vehicle control and driver ; eye glance behavior during destination entry and cellular telephone use while driving; and 3) examine the validity of a proposed SAE recommended ; practice, known as the 15-second rule, according to which if a given route guidance destination entry function can be completed in 15 seconds or ; less by a sample of drivers without concurrent driving, then that function may be accessible while the vehicle is in motion. ; Results for this research suggest voice recognition technology is a viable alternative to visual-manual destination entry while driving and that ; destination entry with visual-manual methods is ill-advised while driving. The assessment of the impact of individual differences on the ; susceptibility to distraction during destination entry and cellular telephone use while driving showed low but consistent patterns of correlation to ; test track performance measures. The results of this preliminary assessment of the 15-second rule suggest that, when applied to a variety of tasks, ; the rule has diagnostic sensitivity not much better than chance guessing. The 15-second rule works well for disallowing the most egregiously ; distracting tasks, e.g., manual destination entry while driving. These preliminary findings, together with the observation that the 15-second rule ; is, in itself, not diagnostic with regard to the locus of a driver distraction effects, suggest that opportunities for improvement should be pursued.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14090/dot_14090_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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