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.
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Corporate Authors:
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Göteborg, Sweden SE-412 96SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre, Sweden
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Authors:
- Senders, John W
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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