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Abstract | ||
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Objective: This research aims to identify the impact of text messaging on simulated driving performance. Background: In the past decade, a number of on-road, epidemiological, and simulator-based studies reported the negative impact of talking on a cell phone on driving behavior. However, the impact of text messaging on simulated driving performance is still not fully understood. Method: Forty participants engaged in both a single task (driving) and a dual task (driving and text messaging) in a high-fidelity driving simulator. Results: Analysis of driving performance revealed that participants in the dual-task condition responded more slowly to the onset of braking lights and showed impairments in forward and lateral control compared with a driving-only condition. Moreover, text-messaging drivers were involved in more crashes than drivers not engaged in text messaging. Conclusion: Text messaging while driving has a negative impact on simulated driving performance. This negative impact appears to exceed the impact of conversing on a cell phone while driving. Application: The results increase our understanding of driver distraction and have potential implications for public safety and device development. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2009 | 10.1177/0018720809353319 | HUMAN FACTORS |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
suicide prevention,multitasking,human factors,simulation,injury prevention,occupational safety,ergonomics | Distraction,Driving simulator,Simulation,Human factors and ergonomics,Phone,Traffic accident,Injury prevention,Engineering,Human multitasking,Accident prevention | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
51 | 5 | 0018-7208 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
36 | 3.83 | 5 |
Authors | ||
5 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank A. Drews | 1 | 125 | 19.06 |
| Hina Yazdani | 2 | 36 | 3.83 |
| Celeste N. Godfrey | 3 | 36 | 3.83 |
| Joel M. Cooper | 4 | 72 | 10.06 |
| David L. Strayer | 5 | 174 | 24.18 |