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How Much Do In-Vehicle Tasks With Swapping, Switching And Spillover Effects Interfere With Drivers’ Ability To Detect And Respond To Threats On The Forward Roadway?, Siby Samuel

Doctoral Dissertations

Distractions have long been associated with crashes. A review of the literature shows drivers engaging in secondary tasks to be three times as likely to crash as compared to attentive drivers. Although several studies report that excessively long glances away from the forward roadway elevate the risk of crashes, little research has been conducted to determine how long a driver needs to glance towards the forward roadway in between glances inside the vehicle to perform a secondary task in order to detect threats present in or emerging from the forward roadway. To determine this, drivers were asked to perform simulated …