@article{ref1,
title="Effect of driver distraction on vehicle speed control",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="2021",
author="Emily Parcell, M.S. and Shivani Patel, M.S. and Severin, Cameron and Cho, Yoona and Chaparro, Alex",
volume="65",
number="1",
pages="958-962",
abstract="Performing a secondary task while driving impairs various performance measures, including speed control. Distraction is associated with reductions in driving speed; however, this is often based on global measures of performance, such as course completion time or mean speed. This study investigated how a secondary task affected granular speed variation. Participants (N=16, ages 18-43) performed a secondary task of mentally subtracting pairs of numbers while negotiating a simulated road course. Various driving performance measures were obtained but only results for longitudinal velocity are reported. The results reveal that drivers exhibited significant increases and decreases (>2+/- SD) in vehicle speed under distraction, with participants showing a stronger tendency to decrease their speed (60% of the observed speed violations). This may explain why global measures of driving speed under distraction reveal a slowing down. These results may increase our understanding of the nuanced effects of distraction on driving and be useful for predicting/diagnosing distracted driving behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/1071181321651331",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1071181321651331"
}