Citation

Shinar D. Hum. Factors 2015; 57(8): 1328-1330.

Affiliation

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel shinar@bgu.ac.il.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0018720815574943

PMID

26534849

Abstract

Strayer et al.'s article is a significant attempt to scale the cognitive workload of different potentially distracting tasks. It is tempting but not warranted to equate the workload with the relative risk of crash involvement. In this article, I list the reasons why the scaling should not be generalized to safety implications in real driving and argue for the combination of studies of maximal performance assessment (e.g., simulation) with behavioral assessment (e.g., naturalistic driving).

Language: en