Distraction in Shift-Workers During Naturalistic Driving

Driver drowsiness is a significant public health problem and has previously been linked to an increase in driver distraction (Anderson & Horne, 2013). This relationship has yet to be examined under naturalistic driving conditions, where task demands may differ from lab-based experimental studies. Using a continuous driver monitoring system, shift-workers were observed on their commutes to and from work. Our findings showed that measures of visual distraction increased significantly with drowsiness in real-world driving. This study presents a world-first application of continuous monitoring of behavioural and physiological signals associated with distraction in real-world driving.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Kuo, J
  • Lenné, M G
  • Mulhall, M
  • Sletten, T
  • Anderson, C
  • Howard, M
  • Rajaratnam, S
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2017, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2017-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 2p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 10-12 October, Perth, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distraction; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Periods of the day; Personnel; Work trips; Working conditions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Distraction; Human fatigue; Journey to work; Personnel; Time of day
• ITRD Terms: 2222: Fatigue (human)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01661765
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 1 2018 10:02AM