An Investigation of Peer Influences on Risky Child and Adolescent Pedestrian Road Crossing

One of the most important elements of vehicle-pedestrian collisions emanates from distracted driving. Much of what is identified as distraction is contingent upon what is socially mandated that the driver should be paying attention to (i.e., a normative model of driving). However, such a normative model is neither fully articulated, fully available, nor fully accepted in the research community. In light of this lacuna, the behavioral transportation scientists are currently approaching the issue using examinations of individual systems and their respective effects. One of the primary goals of the sub-project was to bring some order to these respective lines of research. In this work, the authors divided the world into tasks that are relevant to driving versus those that are largely irrelevant to driving. The authors have labeled this axis as either related or unrelated, respectively, to the vehicle. The second taxonomic axis relates to the source of the distraction being either internal or external to the vehicle. In keeping with the theme of the overall project that is concerned with the age of the involved individual, the authors subsequently divided the extant literature according to driver age; it was categorized into four differing groups. The vast majority of current studies have examined distraction effects within the vehicle that are unrelated to the driving task. Relatively little work has addressed issues in the other quadrants, some of which is especially pertinent to vehicle-pedestrian collisions. As a result of this summary, the authors can here recommend that a more consistent and coherent research strategy be undertaken to address respective shortfalls. The five sections of this report are: Introduction, Addressing Distraction Methodology, Avenues of Progress, Recommendations Going Forward, and Fulfillment of Sub-Project Requirements.

• Record URL:
  http://safersim.nads-sc.uiowa.edu/final_reports/UI-2-Y2_Report.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Iowa, Iowa City

  Department of Psychology
  Iowa City, IA  United States 

  University of Central Florida, Orlando

  Electric Vehicle Transportation Center, College of Engineering and Computer Science
  Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, P.O. Box 162450
  Orlando, FL  United States  32816-2450

  Safety Research Using Simulation University Transportation Center (SaferSim)

  University of Iowa
  Iowa City, IA  United States  52242

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Plumert, J
  • Abdel-Aty, M
  • Hancock, P A
  • Sawyer, B
• Publication Date: 2016-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 15p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Distraction; Drivers; Methodology; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Recommendations; Research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01616907
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 21 2016 1:26PM