Citation

Monk CA, Moyer JJ, Hankey JM, Dingus TA, Hanowski RJ, Wierwille WW. Public Roads 2000; 64(3): 10-14.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, U.S. Federal Highway Administration)

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Abstract

The goal of in-vehicle information system (IVIS) technology is to increase the safety, mobility, efficiency, and convenience of the motoring public. In 1996, the Federal Highway Administration initiated a research project to develop a behavioral model that predicts the performance of drivers interacting with an IVIS and a prototype software package that uses the behavioral model to evaluate the attention demand required to operate a given IVIS. The behavioral prototype software was called IVIS Design Evaluation and Model of Attention Demand (DEMAnD). The purpose of the computer program is to assist designers and engineers to evaluate the demands placed on the driver's attentional resources by given IVIS designs and their associated tasks. More specifically, the program can be used to compare two or more candidate IVIS designs for performing the same task, evaluate an upgrade for a current design, or evaluate a given design, task, or subtask against a set of benchmark criteria. Currently, the prototype software has had a limited release to designers working for major automotive manufacturers and suppliers and to key researchers in the area of IVIS distraction and driver performance.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en