THE EFFECTS OF DISTRACTION ON AUTOMOBILE DRIVING

AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO ANALYZE THE DETERIORATION IN DRIVING BEHAVIOR BY ASKING THE DRIVER TO PERFORM SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE DRIVING TASK, A BINARY-CHOICE TASK GIVEN AT A PACED RHYTHM AND ALLOWING NO ERRORS. THREE MODES OF DRIVING IN SLALOM ON A TRACK AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY WERE USED. THE PERFORMANCE WAS MEASURED BY SCORES OF TIME AND NUMBER OF ERRORS. SEVERAL EXPERIMENTAL SESSIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 46 SUBJECTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE HANDLING OF A VEHICLE IS VERY AUTOMATIC FOR DRIVERS HAVING MADE MORE THAN 30,000KMS, THAT SPEED AND PRECISION OF DRIVING SEEM TO BE AFFECTED DIFFERENTLY BY A DISTRACTION STRESS, AND THAT THERE IS NO TRANSFER OF LEARNING FROM A SITUATION WITH DISTRACTION STRESS TO A SITUATION WITHOUT DISTRACTION STRESS. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 10 , No 6, P 721
• Authors:
  • Michaut, G
• Publication Date: 1967-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Distraction; Driver performance; Drivers; Human characteristics; Personnel performance; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222696
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 12 1994 12:00AM