The Relationship between Driver Distraction and Mental Workload
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Driver distraction is caused by a competing activity and leads to unsafe driving. Mental workload changes with task demands and influences performance. Though distraction and mental workload are strongly related, they are not the same. Performance motivation and task engagement influence performance and consequently distraction but not workload; environment complexity and driver state influence mental workload but not distraction. Although distraction can be manifested in directly observable unsafe driving, readiness to respond and event detection are also important aspects of driving performance. The Peripheral Detection Task, used for workload assessment, can be used for assessing this latent form of distraction.
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