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Public Awareness on Distracted Driving of CAVs and Evaluating the Distractions
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2024-01-16
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Abstract:Distracted driving is a major concern in traffic safety, leading to many fatal crashes in the United States in recent years. Every year, distracted driving costs lives. In the U.S., distracted driving claims the lives of nine people per day. With the increasing presence of CAV technologies, there is a corresponding rise in the quantity of auditory and visual notifications and warnings for drivers. Consequently, the need to examine the potential adverse impacts of these notifications on drivers is growing. The main goal of this project is to decrease the number of distracted driving crashes in Maryland by educating drivers and investigating different CAV technologies. To achieve this goal, an online webinar was conducted to educate drivers regarding distracted driving due to new CAV technologies, as well as how drivers can avoid distractions and crashes caused by distractions. The online webinar was held on April 28, 2023, with a total of 34 participants. In the webinar, the research team discussed all of the CAV technologies, warnings and notifications and their association with distracted driving. Moreover, a driving simulator and eye-tracking system was used to assess the effects of different CAV notification and warning modality types (auditory, visual, and bimodal) on drivers’ and gaze behaviors.
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