Do in-car devices affect experienced users' driving performance?

IATSS Research

Marjan P. Hagenzieker¹  Allert S. Knapper²  Karel A. Brookhuis² 

[1] Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Transport and Planning, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands;Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Transport and Logistics Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands;

关键词: Driving behaviour;    Driving simulator;    Distraction;    Mobile phone;    Navigation system;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.iatssr.2014.10.002

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Distracted driving is considered to be an important factor in road safety. To investigate how experienced user's driving behaviour is affected by in-vehicle technology, a fixed-base driving simulator was used. 20 participants drove twice in a rich simulated traffic environment while performing secondary, i.e. mobile phone and navigation system tasks. The results show that mean speed was lower in all experimental conditions, compared to baseline driving, while subjective effort increased. Lateral performance deteriorated only during visual–manual tasks, i.e. texting and destination entry, in which the participants glanced off the forward road for a substantial amount of time. Being experienced in manipulating in-car devices does not solve the problem of dual tasking when the primary task is a complex task like driving a moving vehicle. The results and discussion may shed some light on the current debate regarding phone use hazards.

【 授权许可】

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