AFTER TRAINING, 36 DRIVERS RETRIEVED AND ENTERED A TOTAL OF 20 DESTINATIONS USING AN ALI-SCOUT NAVIGATION COMPUTER AND 10 DESTINATIONS USING A TOUCHSCREEN SIMULATION WHILE SITTING IN A VEHICLE MOCKUP. RETRIEVAL INVOLVED KEYING IN PART OF THE DESTINATION NAME, SCROLLING THROUGH A LIST OF NAMES, OR SOME COMBINATION OF THOSE METHODS. ENTRY REQUIRED KEYING IN THE DESTINATION'S NAME, LONGITUDE, AND LATITUDE. TASKS USING THE REAL INTERFACE WERE PERFORMED UNDER BOTH DUSK AND NIGHTTIME LIGHTING CONDITIONS, ALTHOUGH THE SIMULATED INTERFACE WAS USED ONLY AT DUSK.
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