With advancing technology, the distractions to which drivers are exposed continue to increase. Seventy-two percent of individuals 18 years or older in the USA who own a cellphone admitted to using it while driving. Of particular concern, only 28% of adolescents in the 9th through 11th grades in the USA responded that cellphone use while driving ‘made a lot of difference’ in driving safety. Dist...

The recent decades have witnessed a fast rising number of motor vehicles. As a result traffic becomes more congested and streets become more risky. Temptations of widely varied communication and entertainment applications even make drivers more over-burdened and distracted. To relieve the continually increasing stress of drivers and reduce the number of accidents, current intelligent vehicle re...

BACKGROUND Cell phones are a well-known source of distraction for drivers, and owing to the proliferation of text messaging services, web browsers and interactive apps, modern devices provide ever-increasing temptation for drivers to take their eyes off the road. Although it is probably obvious that drivers' manual engagement of a device while their vehicles are in motion is potentially dangero...

BACKGROUND This study examined the association between selected sociodemographic, health, and built environmental factors and walking behaviors of middle-aged and older overweight/obese adults. METHODS Subjective data were obtained from surveys administered to community-dwelling overweight/obese adults aged ≥50 years residing in four Texas cities from October 2013 to June 2014, along with obj...

Driver distraction is one of the primary causes crashes. As a result, there great need to continuously observe driver state and provide appropriate interventions distracted drivers. Cognitive refers “look but not see” situations when drivers’ eyes are focused on forward roadway, their mind not. Typically, cognitive distractions can result from fatigue, conversation with co-passenger, listening ...

Graduated driving licensing laws are now in place in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. However, despite stricter supervised driving requirements, restrictions on the number of passengers, and earlier nighttime driving curfews, teen drivers continue to be at a higher crash risk than the adult driving population. The National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey (NMVCCS) dataset wa...

In this study, we investigated how drivers adapt secondary-task initiation and time-sharing behavior when faced with fluctuating driving demands. Background: Reading text while driving is particularly detrimental; however, in real-world driving, drivers actively decide when to perform the task. Method: In a test track experiment, participants were free to decide when to read messages while driv...

New technology is appearing in vehicles that increasingly allow them to “know” where they are, their relationships to other vehicles on the road, and whether a crash is imminent. At the same time, and more quickly, drivers are becoming more connected to the world outside their cars through similar advances in electronic technology. The first trend promises to help drivers prevent crashes while ...

OBJECTIVE In this study, we investigated how drivers adapt secondary-task initiation and time-sharing behavior when faced with fluctuating driving demands. BACKGROUND Reading text while driving is particularly detrimental; however, in real-world driving, drivers actively decide when to perform the task. METHOD In a test track experiment, participants were free to decide when to read message...