This report describes a new experimental setup for human-in-the-loop simulations. A force feedback simulator with four axis motion has been setup for real-time driving experiments. The simulator will move to simulate the forces a driver feels while driving, which allows for a realistic experience for the driver. This setup allows for flexibility and control for the researcher in a realistic sim...

Driver distraction is a major cause of traffic accidents, with mobile telephones as a key source of distraction. In two studies, we examined distraction of pedestrians associated with mobile phone use. The first had 60 participants walk along a prescribed route, with half of them conversing on a mobile phone, and the other half holding the phone awaiting a potential call, which never came. Comp...

OBJECTIVE Our research examined the effects of practice on cell-phone-related driver distraction. BACKGROUND The driving literature is ambiguous as to whether practice can reduce driver distraction from concurrent cell phone conversation. METHODS Drivers reporting either high or low real-world cell phone usage were selected to participate in four 90-min simulated driving sessions on success...

Modern vehicles are designed to protect occupants in the event of a crash. However, passenger protection can be combined with collision avoidance. Statistics have shown that human error is the number one contributor to road accidents. Advanced driver behavior and monitoring systems have been developed by manufacturers in recent years and many have been proven to be effective systems in the prev...

Any driver behavior that draws the driver’s attention away from the roadway may increase the chance of a crash. This study developed a procedure to simulate safety impacts associated with driver distraction due to various secondary tasks. The simulation models a rear end hazard scenario where a lead vehicle suddenly decelerates while a driver is engaged in a secondary task. The simulation was t...

Driving a car has become a challenge for many people despite the fact that evermore technology is built into vehicles in order to support the driver. Above all, the increasing number of in-vehicle information systems (IVIS) is a main source of driver distraction. The fragmentation of IVIS elements in the cockpit increases the attention demand and cognitive load of the driver. In this paper, we ...

Road accidents claim a staggeringly high number of lives every year. From drunk driving, rash driving and driver distraction to visual impairment, over speeding and over-crowding of vehicles, the majority of road accidents occur because of some fault or the other of the driver/occupants of the vehicle. According to the report on “Road Accidents in India, 2011” by the Ministry of Transport and H...

As the proportion of road accidents increases each year, driver distraction continues to be an important risk component in traffic injuries and deaths. The distractions caused by increasing use mobile phones other wireless devices pose a potential safety. Our current study aims aid already existing techniques posture recognition improving performance classification problem. We present approach ...

The goal of the SIMSI (Safe In-vehicle Multimodal Speech Interaction) project is threefold. Firstly, to integrate a dialogue system for menu-based dialogue with a GUI-driven in-vehicle infotainment system. Secondly, to further improve the integrated system with respect to driver distraction, thus making the system safer to use while driving. Thirdly, to verify that the resulting system decrease...