Assessing Text Reading and Text Entry while Driving Using the Visual Occlusion Technique

This study estimated the time drivers spend completing text reading and text entry tasks of varying difficulty levels using visual occlusion to mimic the timesharing between driving and interacting with text. The findings showed that text entry took longer than text reading and task time increased with longer text length. In the occlusion condition, the total task time with vision unoccluded wasshorter than the task time in the static condition, although this finding was not consistent across reading and entry. Ambient text (irrelevant text surrounding the text of interest) had no effect on time on task. These results should be considered in light of the acceptable limits for time on task and can inform the design of in-vehicle systems that require text reading or entry.

• Record URL:
  • http://drivingassessment.uiowa.edu/sites/default/files/DA2013/Papers/021_Ghazizadeh_0.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Iowa, Iowa City

  Public Policy Center
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Iowa City, IA  United States  52242-1192
• Authors:
  • Ghazizadeh, Mahtab
  • Lee, John D
  • Peng, Yiyun
  • Boyle, Linda Ng
• Conference:
  • 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design
  • Location: Bolton Landing New York, United States
  • Date: 2013-6-17 to 2013-6-20
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 128-134
• Monograph Title: Driving Assessment 2013: Proceedings of the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distraction; Driving; Reading; Text messaging; Time duration; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Visual occlusion
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01493923
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780615819723
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 24 2013 9:13AM