Driver distraction and inattention: a queuing theory approach

Drivers deal with many different attentional demands of the driving task. Vehicles, pedestrians, animals, broken road surfaces, traffic lights, etc., make independent demands at random; their probabilities varying as a function of time and place and speed. Altogether they constitute a mixed population of ‘customers’ demanding to be attended to with frequently uncertain levels of urgency. The components of driving compete with themselves for attention and frequently wait in a queue. ‘Distraction’ and ‘inattention’ are mathematical necessities of the driving task and might better be abandoned. We need more perjorative words for voluntary mapreading, texting and the like.

• Record URL:
  https://www.saferresearch.com/index.php/DDI2009
• Corporate Authors:

  Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

  Göteborg,   Sweden  SE-412 96

  SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre, Sweden

  ,   Sweden 

  INRETS - ARCUEIL, FRANCE

  ,    
• Authors:
  • Senders, John W
• Conference:
  • 1st International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI 2009)
  • Location: Gothenburg , Sweden
  • Date: 2009-9-28 to 2009-9-29
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: 1st International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention: (DDI 2009), September 28-29, 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden: Program, presentations and reviewed papers

Subject/Index Terms

• ITRD Terms: 2238: Attention; 2237: Distraction; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh)
• Subject Areas: I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01580456
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 6 2015 9:59AM