Prevalence and Distribution of Young Driver Distraction Errors in Naturalistic Driving

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• Creators:
  Carney, Cher ; McGehee, Daniel V. ; Reyes, Michelle L.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Iowa. Public Policy Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  Iowa. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automatic data collection systems
  • Data reduction
  • Distraction
  • Teenage drivers
  • Vehicle occupants
  • Video Naturalistic Driving Studies
  • Event-triggered video recorder (ETVR)
  • Driver Distraction
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TPF-5(207)
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Iowa
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Iowa. Public Policy Center
• Abstract:
  Naturalistic driving studies are the latest resource for gathering data associated with driver behavior. The University of Iowa has been studying teen driving using naturalistic methods since 2006. By instrumenting teen drivers’ vehicles with event-triggered video recorders (ETVR), we are able to record a 12-second video clip every time a vehicle exceeds a pre-set g-force threshold. Each of these video clips contains valuable data regarding the frequency and types of distractions present in vehicles driven by today’s young drivers. The 16-year old drivers who participated in the study had a distraction present in nearly half of the events that were captured. While a lot of attention has been given to the distractions associated with technology in the vehicle (cell phones, navigation devices, entertainment systems, etc.), the most frequent type of distraction coded was the presence of teen passengers engaging in conversation (45%). Cognitive distractions, such as singing along with the radio, were the second most common distraction. Cell phone use was the third most common distraction, detected in only 10% of the events containing distraction.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/66491/dot_66491_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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