@article{ref1,
title="Interaction between visual status, driver age and distracters on daytime driving performance",
journal="Vision research",
year="2009",
author="Wood, Jenifer and Chaparro, Alex and Hickson, Louise",
volume="49",
number="17",
pages="2225-2231",
abstract="This study investigated the effects of visual status, driver age and the presence of secondary distracter tasks on driving performance. Twenty young (M=26.8yrs) and 19 old (M=70.2 yrs) participants drove around a closed-road circuit under three visual (normal, simulated cataracts, blur) and three distracter conditions (none, visual, auditory). Simulated visual impairment, increased driver age and the presence of a distracter task detrimentally affected all measures of driving performance except gap judgments and lane keeping. Significant interaction effects were evident between visual status, age and distracters; simulated cataracts had the most negative impact on performance in the presence of visual distracters and a more negative impact for older drivers. The implications of these findings for driving behaviour and acquisition of driving-related information for people with common visual impairments are discussed.   Keywords: Driver distraction;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0042-6989",
doi="10.1016/j.visres.2009.06.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2009.06.017"
}