@article{ref1,
title="Driver distance from the steering wheel: perception and objective measurement",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="1999",
author="Graham, J. D. and McCabe, K and Thompson, K. M. and Roman, H and Levy, Jaime and Segui-Gomez, Maria",
volume="89",
number="7",
pages="1109-1111",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the accuracy of driver perceptions of the distance between the driver's nose and the steering wheel of the vehicle as a factor in considering driver disconnection of an airbag contained in the steering wheel for preventing injury to the driver in an accident. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of 1000 drivers was done to obtain perceived and objective measurements of the distance between the driver's nose and the steering wheel of the vehicle. RESULTS: Of 234 drivers who believed that they sat within 12 inches of the steering wheel, only 8 (3%) actually did so, whereas of 658 drivers who did not believe that they sat within 12 inches of the wheel, 14 (2%) did so. Shorter drivers were more likely than taller ones to both underestimate and overestimate their seating distance. CONCLUSIONS: Considerable misperception of drivers' distance from the wheel indicates that drivers should objectively measure this distance.",
language="",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}