Can Technology Get Your Eyes Back on the Road?

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• Personal Author:
  Lee JD
• Description:
  Paying attention to the right thing at the right time is important for many activities in daily life. For one - driving - it is critical. In the United States, more than 40,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes every year. More people die each month in crashes than the total killed in the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Although alcohol impairment and speeding account for most of these fatalities, failures of attention also play an important role. The increasingly ubiquitous technology in our vehicles can either impair or improve how we distribute our attention, thus diminishing or enhancing safety. Driving provides a stark illustration of the importance of technology-mediated attention. ... Whether such technology-mediated attention enhances or diminishes safety remains a critical question. Answering this question will require precisely controlled driving simulator studies to further understand the dynamics of technology-mediated attention, as well as naturalistic studies that collect information on how technology affects people's behavior on the road. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Behavior Eye Mortality Occupational Health Safety Sense Organs
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Accident Rates Automobile Safety Drivers Emerging Technology Eyesight Fatalities Humans Motor Vehicles Safety Practices Safety Research Visual Fields

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• ISSN:
  0036-8075
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  344-346
• Volume:
  324
• Issue:
  5925
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063345
• Citation:
  Science 2009 Apr; 324(5925):344-346
• Contact Point Address:
  John D. Lee, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
• Email:
  jdlee@engineering.uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Science
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226424/cdc_226424_DS1.pdf
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