Citation

Williamson AR, Young KL, Navarro J, Lenné MG. Int. J. Veh. Des. 2011; 57(4): 391-404.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

10.1504/IJVD.2011.045772

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study examined the effects on driving, usability and subjective workload of performing music selection tasks using a touch screen interface. The benefits of providing visual and/or auditory feedback was also explored. Thirty participants performed music selection tasks with a touch screen interface while driving, with four forms of feedback. The music selection tasks significantly increased subjective workload and degraded performance on a range of driving measures. The provision of any form of feedback did not significantly affect driving performance, usability or subjective workload. Results suggest that touch screens may not be a suitable input device for navigating scrollable lists.


Keywords: in-vehicle information systems; touch screens; feedback types; scrollable lists; music selection; usability; subjective workload; lane change test performance; auditory feedback; visual feedback; driving performance; driver performance; vehicle design.