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What is Driver Distraction

Chapter 521
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
“The diversion of attention away from activities critical for safe driving toward a competing activity, which may result in insufficient or no attention to activities critical for safe driving” ( Regan et al., 2011 , p. 1776).
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Cell Phone Conversation and Relative Crash Risk Update
Richard A. Young (Driving Safety Consulting, LLC, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch521
Abstract
This chapter reviews key findings since 2014 that are relevant to estimating the relative crash risk of conversing via a cell phone during real-world and naturalistic driving in passenger vehicles. It updates chapter 102 in the previous edition of this Encyclopedia (Young, 2015a). The objective is to determine if recent data confirms the conclusion in Young (2015a) that engaging in a cell phone conversation does not increase crash risk beyond that of driving without engaging in a cell phone conversation. In particular, a recent estimate is presented of the relative crash risk for cell phone conversation in the Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP2) naturalistic driving study data. This estimate is compared with five other estimates in a meta-analysis, which shows that cell phone conversation reduces crash risk (i.e., has a protective effect). A recent experimental study will also be discussed, which supports the hypothesis that driver self-regulation gives rise to the protective effect by compensating for the slight delays in event response times during cell phone conversation.
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Chapter 15
Speech-Based UI Design for the Automobile
A measure of the degree to which attention is taken away from the driving task.
Published in Chapter: Speech-Based UI Design for the Automobile; From: Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology
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Chapter 14
Designing and Evaluating In-Car User-Interfaces
Occurs when there is a delay by the driver in the recognition of information necessary to safely maintain the lateral and longitudinal control of the vehicle. Distraction may arise due to some event, activity, object or person, within or outside the vehicle that compels or tends to induce the driver’s shifting attention away from fundamental driving tasks. Distraction may compromise the driver’s auditory, biomechanical, cognitive or visual faculties, or combinations thereof (Pettitt & Burnett, 2005).
Published in Chapter: Designing and Evaluating In-Car User-Interfaces; From: Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile Technology
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Chapter 102
Cell Phone Conversation and Relative Crash Risk
“The diversion of attention away from activities critical for safe driving toward a competing activity, which may result in insufficient or no attention to activities critical for safe driving” (Regan et al., 2011, p. 1776).
Published in Chapter: Cell Phone Conversation and Relative Crash Risk; From: Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
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Chapter 108
The Role of Mobile Phones in Real World Motor Vehicle Crashes
Diversion of attention away from activities critical for safe driving toward a competing activity (Lee, Young, & Regan, 2009 AU46: The in-text citation "Lee, Young, & Regan, 2009" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. , p. 34).
Published in Chapter: The Role of Mobile Phones in Real World Motor Vehicle Crashes; From: Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
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