Adapting Collision Warnings to Real-Time Estimates of Driver Distraction

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• Personal Author:
  Bakowski DL ; Leblanc D ; Lee JD ; Smith MRH ; Witt GJ
• Description:
  To control a vehicle in the dynamic roadway environment, a varying portion of the driver's attention must be allocated to the driving task. Under many circumstances, the flow of traffic may stabilize or disperse, making the following few seconds seem quite predictable and freeing the driver's attention to intermittently engage in nondriving activities for a few moments. Many tasks that are unrelated to driving may compete for the driver's attentional resources, such as talking with passengers, conversing on a cellular phone, or interacting with cellular phones or other nomadic devices. Even different driving-related tasks may compete with each other such that, while checking the blind spot, the driver is unable to simultaneously survey the forward road scene for potential threats. Drivers' expectations typically guide attention to potential threats in an efficient manner. Although many miles may pass without event, inevitably a situation will suddenly emerge that violates the driver's expectations. When such an unexpected and sudden situation develops, a driver may fail to devote sufficient attention to the roadway to support a timely and appropriate response. Collision warning systems can support the driver in these situations by directing the driver's attention to the unexpected or unnoticed situation on the roadway. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Automobile Safety Drivers Motor Vehicles Warning Systems
• ISBN:
  9780849374265
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Iowa ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063399
• Citation:
  Driver distraction: theory, effects, and mitigation, 1st edition. Regan MA, Lee JD, Young KL, eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2008 Oct; :501-518
• Editor(s):
  Regan MA; Lee JD; Young KL
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Driver distraction: theory, effects, and mitigation, 1st edition
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8f47d54ab882dd7acc7483c87a3f37b2df6726fe9d2eb9ff8ad6b694ce353a72c4d2a4057c1e11660078748a46007e96f0a59c7c9611769393e240ca650dad03
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226468/cdc_226468_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.22 MB ]