Minimizing driver errors: examining factors leading to failed target tracking and detection.

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• Creators:
  Beck, Melissa R. ; Ericson, Justin M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana State University. Dept. of Psychology
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Driver errors
  • Attention lapses
  • Attention
  • Awareness
  • Reaction time
  • Visual perception
  • Driver distraction
• Publication/ Report Number:
  43071
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency
• Abstract:
  Driving a motor vehicle is a common practice for many individuals. Although driving becomes ; repetitive and a very habitual task, errors can occur that lead to accidents. One factor that can be a ; cause for such errors is a lapse in attention or a failure to notice critical information. When ; driving, individuals must not only attend to the other moving vehicles, but they must also remain ; aware of and detect critical information that is in the surrounding environment. As the ; environment becomes more complex however, the ease of detecting these critical targets becomes ; hindered. Because of these failures in attention, this research focuses not only on the visual ; complexity of the environment but also on the dynamic relation of the moving vehicles on ; attention. By incorporating a dual task paradigm of vehicle tracking and target detection in a ; visually complex environment, a direct examination for the influence of outside vehicle factors ; on a driver’s ability to detect critical targets was measured. Furthermore, driver reactions such as ; brake onset, steering deviations, and changes in velocity were examined. This research found that ; overall improvements in driver reactions are observed when the environment has low clutter and ; there were fewer vehicles to be tracked.
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  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26052/dot_26052_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 862.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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