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Papers, polls, Q&A items, and comments on this page are oriented to topics and issues associated with the methods and techniques used to measure driver distraction. Feel free to post comments on issues outlined below, or in response to papers, polls, and/or questions submitted to our expert panel. These discussions are meant to emphasize questions of scientific rigor for research and evaluation efforts. A moderator has been assigned to periodically synthesize comments, keep discussions focused and moving, emphasize key points, and offer additional insights into related issues.
DISCUSSION ISSUES/TOPICS
Methods, Measures & Tools
- How can driver distraction be safely and rigorously studied in normal driving? How valid are studies that use test tracks, simulators, or laboratory methods?
- What measures (dependent variables) are meaningful indices of driver distraction? How do these relate to roadway safety outcomes?
- What technologies (e.g., physiological monitoring), devices (e.g., eye trackers), or analytic techniques (e.g., steering control inputs) can be used to capture measures of distraction?
- Are there good models that allow you to predict the distracting effects or crash risks associated with a particular distractor?
- What, if any, mechanisms are needed to aid in the investigation of technology related crashes and what tools are needed to support these efforts?
Research Needs
- What are the important unanswered questions relating to the scientific measurement of driver distraction? Where should research resources be directed?
Content Available In Each Topic Area
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Association Between Cellular-Telephone Calls and Motor Vehicle Collisions 5/18/00 10:36:46 AM
Measuring Driver Visual Distraction with a Peripheral Detection Task 5/18/00 11:12:37 AM
A Technical Platform for Driver Inattention Research 5/18/00 1:34:17 PM
The Development of a Design Evaluation Tool and Model of Attention Demand 5/18/00 1:34:25 PM
Divided Attention Ability of Young and Older Drivers 5/30/00 1:12:17 PM
Driver Workload Assessment of Route Guidance System Destination Entry While Driving: A Test Track Study 5/30/00 5:41:52 PM
Proposed Driver Workload Metrics and Methods Project 5/31/00 5:09:07 PM
Measuring distraction: the Peripheral Detection Task 6/1/00 11:58:18 AM
Need a way to track collisions where Cellular is being used. 7/5/00 2:52:06 PM
Some states do collect this data 7/6/00 9:03:20 AM
2nd and 3rd degree causes 7/8/00 7:27:54 PM
NHTSA data-base 7/9/00 8:23:25 PM
Can slow speeds cause accidents? 7/10/00 12:16:31 AM
Charlie Dornsife
Private Citizen
Refering to: A Technical Platform for Driver Inattention Research
I tend to drive 10-15 ++ above most posted limits on hiways and freeways. I have logged nearly 1 million miles of acutal driving at 10 - 15 miles above the posted limits (55,65,70 MPH) without a single accident and very few incidents (deer etc). Most of these miles have been durning day time hours, 70% or so. About 30% of them have been on snow or other incliment weather. So I'm saying I drive about 80 - 95 MPH when I can and I drive to conditions the rest of the time and have almost no problems, except speeding tickets. The reason I'm writing this is because I have always maintained that a good part of the reason I have had no accidents is because I HAVE to pay attention to the road! This is just an observation I have made over the years, based on the fact that when I'm driving the speed limit for whatever reason I tend to not pay attention very well. Nothing is happening, well not enough for me to constantly pay attention anyway. The traffic lanes are wide, and the signs are pretty good and I generally know where I'm going so I don't really have much to do but hang out and keep the vihicle going down the road when driving slow or within limits. I guess my question is, other than the speed differential between vihicles is there a corrilation between setting speed limits to low and higher traffic accident rates? chazmic1
distracting dolphins 7/12/00 11:20:43 AM
Cellular Phone Turns 7/12/00 1:36:14 PM
Cellular Phone Turns 7/12/00 1:37:15 PM
Please Explain (see full question below) 7/14/00 10:06:46 AM
Why not use horse blinders 7/18/00 3:49:28 PM
Driver responsability 7/18/00 4:30:21 PM
Measuring and Taxing the Social Costs of Distracted Drivers 7/18/00 4:32:06 PM
Accidents 7/18/00 6:20:24 PM
Driver testing 7/18/00 6:27:38 PM
Nip it in the Bud 7/18/00 8:16:16 PM
Drunk Driving Analogy 7/19/00 8:42:44 AM
Promising research direction 7/19/00 11:15:13 AM
Cell phones receiving undue criticism 7/19/00 12:04:04 PM
Responsible Drivers Need Help! 7/20/00 7:51:11 PM
Cellular Phone Turns 7/20/00 11:44:02 PM
Punishment to meet the crime 7/20/00 11:54:56 PM
Nip it in the ????? 7/21/00 12:11:20 AM
Drunk driving analogy II 7/21/00 12:20:41 AM
Promises promises 7/21/00 12:26:37 AM
Marge needs help! 7/21/00 12:34:59 AM
Reasonable assumptions 7/21/00 12:48:35 AM
Distractions 7/21/00 11:56:23 PM
Daytime Running Lights 7/26/00 7:13:04 AM
Moderator Comments and Questions 7/28/00 7:28:28 AM
Slow speed or relative speed? 7/30/00 3:59:16 PM
Criticism long overdue 7/31/00 2:35:08 AM
Primary task of driving 7/31/00 7:49:23 PM
In evaluating the safety impacts of in-vehicle technologies, what are appropriate baseline or comparative tasks? 8/1/00 1:05:43 PM
What about using specific non-technology tasks as baselines to evaluate safety risks? 8/2/00 3:04:48 PM
In your opinion, what is the single most important measure for understanding driver distraction? Why? 8/7/00 8:05:29 AM
Research article on driver distraction from RoSPA 8/8/00 5:46:27 PM
comment to 'nip it in the bud' 8/8/00 5:55:08 PM
Where is the reference from the RoSPA? 8/9/00 11:28:20 AM
Mr. Murray, please 8/9/00 2:03:41 PM
I have that reference 8/9/00 2:56:15 PM
driver distraction and driver workload: not the same thing 8/9/00 3:53:52 PM
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