@article{ref1,
title="Text messaging during simulated driving",
journal="Human factors",
year="2009",
author="Drews, Frank A. and Yazdani, H. and Godfrey, C. N. and Cooper, Joel M. and Strayer, David L.",
volume="51",
number="5",
pages="762-770",
abstract="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.   Keywords: Driver distraction;<p />",
language="en",
issn="0018-7208",
doi="10.1177/0018720809353319",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018720809353319"
}