INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CONCURRENT TASKS OF DRIVING AND TELEPHONING

MEN WERE GIVEN THE TASK OF JUDGING WHETHER TO DRIVE THROUGH GAPS WHICH MIGHT BE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN THE CAR, AND A TELEPHONING TASK OF CHECKING THE ACCURACY OF SHORT SENTENCES. INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE CONCURRENTLY PERFORMED TASKS WAS INVESTIGATED. TELEPHONING MAINLY IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT OF "IMPOSSIBLE" GAPS. THE CONTROL SKILLS EMPLOYED IN STEERING THROUGH "POSSIBLE" GAPS WERE NOT RELIABLY DEGRADED, ALTHOUGH SPEED OF DRIVING WAS REDUCED. DRIVING INCREASED ERRORS AND PROLONGED RTS ON THE SENTENCE-CHECKING TASK. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT TELEPHONING HAS A MINIMAL EFFECT ON THE MORE AUTOMATIZED DRIVING SKILLS, BUT THAT PERCEPTION AND DECISION-MAKING MAY BE CRITICALLY IMPAIRED BY SWITCHING BETWEEN VISUAL AND AUDITORY INPUTS. /PA/

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  • Vol 53, No 5, PP 419-424
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• Authors:
  • BROWN, I D
  • Simmonds
  • Tickner, A H
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Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • ISSN: 0021-9010

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Driver performance; Drivers; Judgment (Human characteristics); Perception; Personnel performance; Telephone; Visual perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220884
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Psychological Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM