The Blind Date: The Effects of Passenger Conservation and Gender on Looked-but-Failed-to-See (LBFTS) Errors

This study examined situations where drivers looked but failed to see hazards (LBFTS), and whether passenger conversation and gender affected hazard detection rates. To reliably produce LBFTS errors, 40 young drivers (M = 20.3) encountered motorcycles and pedestrians while making left turns in the University of Calgary Driving Simulator (UCDS). Prior to turn initiation the UCDS screens flickered using an extension of change blindness methods. In addition, drivers either drove alone or conversed with an attractive confederate passenger. Measures of LBFTS errors, hazard detection and social factors were analyzed. Higher rates of LBFTS errors and hazard detection occurred while conversing than while driving alone. A discriminant function analysis (DFA) using conversation and gender as predictors accurately classified LBFTS errors. Higher passenger attraction and higher extroversion were related to missing more critical events. The basis of LBFTS errors in divided and selective attention and classification implications are discussed.

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  University of Iowa, Iowa City

  Public Policy Center
  227 South Quadrangle
  Iowa City, IA  United States  52242-1192
• Authors:
  • White, Cale
  • Caird, Jeff K
• Conference:
  • Driving Assessment 2009: 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driving Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design
  • Location: Big Sky MT, United States
  • Date: 2009-6-22 to 2009-6-25
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: CD-ROM; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 2-8
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment and Design

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Conservation; Discriminant analysis; Distraction; Driving simulators; Gender; High risk drivers; Human factors in crashes; Left turns; Teenage drivers; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: "Looked-but-did-not-see"; Distracted drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01157963
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 139780874141627
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 2010 7:44AM