EFFECTS OF PRACTICE, AGE, AND TASK DEMANDS, ON INTERFERENCE FROM A PHONE TASK WHILE DRIVING

The objective of this study was to see if, when the driving task is sufficiently difficult or the driver is less capable, there is a learning effect whereby drivers learn to combine the driving task with the task of phoning. Two types of tasks were used: a math operations task, and an emotionally involving conversation. In the course of five sessions of driving and using the phone, there was a learning effect on most of the driving measures. The interference effects were greater when the phone task was the math operations task than when it was emotionally involving conversation. The deleterious effects of talking on the phone are quite real initially, but may not be as severe with continued practice at the dual task, especially for younger drivers.

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  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V5S-4DYW4P4-2/2/47531015eefb30d9333c946418e3498a
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• Authors:
  • Shinar, D
  • Tractinsky, N
  • Compton, R
• Publication Date: 2005-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 315-326
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Aged drivers; Cellular telephones; Distraction; Interference; Safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00989503
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 7 2005 12:00AM