Citation

Ranney TA, Baldwin GHS, Parmer E, Martin J, Mazzae EN. Accid. Reconstr. J. 2013; 23(5): 49-59.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Accident Reconstruction Journal)

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Abstract

The Dynamic Following and Detection (DFD) protocol was developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to measure the distraction potential of secondary tasks using in-vehicle information systems (IVIS). In recent years, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (the Alliance) developed a set of guidelines for managing driver workload and distraction associated with IVIS. Alliance Principle 2.1 states that the design of systems with visual displays should allow the driver to complete desired tasks with brief sequential glances that do not affect driving. In this study, analyses were conducted to assess the Alliance 2.1B driving performance metrics computed according to the Alliance analysis protocol and the DFD analysis protocol. Among the findings: text messaging was associated with the highest level of distraction potential and radio tuning had the lowest level; the Alliance and DFD metrics and decision criteria both supported the conclusion that text messaging is not suitable for performing with driving; and the results for the Alliance 2.1A long-glance metric were inconsistent with the results have on the other metrics.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en