Reading Text While Driving

Reading Text While Driving

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...

Reading Text While Driving: Understanding Drivers' Strategic and Tactical Adaptation to Distraction

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...

Don't Text While Driving: The Effect of Smartphone Text Messaging on Road Safety during Simulated Driving

Text messaging on smartphones uses a full soft keyboard instead of the numeric buttons on traditional mobile phones. While being more intuitive, the lack of tactile feedback from physical buttons increases the need for user focus, which may compromise safety in certain settings. This paper reports from an empirical study of the effect of text messaging on road safety. We compared the use of a t...

Texting while driving: is speech-based text entry less risky than handheld text entry?

Research indicates that using a cell phone to talk or text while maneuvering a vehicle impairs driving performance. However, few published studies directly compare the distracting effects of texting using a hands-free (i.e., speech-based interface) versus handheld cell phone, which is an important issue for legislation, automotive interface design and driving safety training. This study compare...

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