Roundabouts are considered as one of the most efficient forms intersection that substantially reduce types crashes result in injury or loss life. Nevertheless, they do not eliminate collision risks, especially when human error plays such a large role traffic crashes. In this study, we used driving simulator and an eye tracker to investigate drivers’ movements under cell phone-induced distractio...

A driving simulator study was conducted to assess whether real-time feedback on a driver's state can influence the driver's interaction with in-vehicle information systems (IVIS). Previous studies have shown that IVIS tasks can undermine driver safety by increasing driver distraction. Thus, mitigating driver distraction using a feedback mechanism appears promising. This study was designed to te...

Automobile driving is a safety-critical real-world example of multitasking. A variety of roadway and in-vehicle distracter tasks create information processing loads that compete for the neural resources needed to drive safely. Drivers with mind and brain aging may be particularly susceptible to distraction due to waning cognitive resources and control over attention. This study examined distrac...

Automated estimation of the allocation of a driver’s visual attention may be a critical component of future Advanced Driver Assistance Systems. In theory, vision-based tracking of the eye can provide a good estimate of gaze location. In practice, eye tracking from video is challenging because of sunglasses, eyeglass reflections, lighting conditions, occlusions, motion blur, and other factors. E...

Driving while distracted increases the likelihood of a crash (NHTSA, 2010), and recent well-publicized events have brought this unsafe driving behavior to the forefront of the public eye. According to CTIA-The Wireless Association (2009) about 285 million Americans (91% of all Americans) now own cell phones, compared to only 1 million in 1987. The National Health Interview Survey (Blumberg & Lu...

PURPOSE To determine which distracted driving laws were associated with decreased texting while driving among U.S. teenage drivers. METHODS Data from the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System survey were merged with states' distracted driving legislation. The prevalence of texting while driving was assessed for different laws using log-binomial regression. RESULTS Approximately 39.0%...

PROBLEM Adolescents who drive with peers are known to have a higher risk of crashes. While passengers may distract drivers, little is known about the circumstances of these distractions among teen drivers. METHOD This study used survey data on driving among 2,144 California high school seniors to examine distractions caused by passengers. RESULTS Overall, 38.4% of youths who drove reported ...

Drivers’ operating a car today are increasingly challenged and/or distracted by the multiplicity of information in and around the vehicle. As a possible solution, we introduce the approach of intuitive driver-vehicle operation based on natural (hand) gestures. The goal of this promising type of interface is, to allow drivers to interact with the vehicle in “pleasure”, hence in the background an...