Performance Metrics for Assessing Driver Distraction: The Quest for Improved Road Safety

The focus of this book is the study of secondary task demands imposed by in-vehicle devices on the driver while driving. A mechanism is provided for researchers to evaluate how in-vehicle devices such as navigation systems - as well as other devices such as cell phones - affect driver distraction and impact safety. The book gives a summary of the current state of driver metrics research. It introduces vital information to support the design of in-vehicle information and communication systems (IVIS). Topics covered include the following: driver object and event detection; peripheral detection tasks; tactile-based detection tasks; modified Sternberg method for assessing visual and cognitive load of in-vehicle tasks; modified Sternberg method for assessing peripheral detection task and lane change tests; the relationship between performance metrics and crash risk; characterizing driver behaviors observed in naturalist driving studies; and developing metrics from lane change test studies.

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  http://books.sae.org/book-r-402/
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  SAE International

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  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096-0001
• Publication Date: 2010-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 264p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic data collection systems; Behavior; Cellular telephones; Distraction; Driver information systems; Driver performance; Drivers; Highway safety; Lane changing; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Navigation devices
• Uncontrolled Terms: In-vehicle devices; Secondary tasks
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01482573
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780768034967
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 2013 2:00PM