Full metadata
Title
Warning a distracted driver: smart phone applications, informative warnings and automated driving take-over requests
Description
While various collision warning studies in driving have been conducted, only a handful of studies have investigated the effectiveness of warnings with a distracted driver. Across four experiments, the present study aimed to understand the apparent gap in the literature of distracted drivers and warning effectiveness, specifically by studying various warnings presented to drivers while they were operating a smart phone. Experiment One attempted to understand which smart phone tasks, (text vs image) or (self-paced vs other-paced) are the most distracting to a driver. Experiment Two compared the effectiveness of different smartphone based applications (app’s) for mitigating driver distraction. Experiment Three investigated the effects of informative auditory and tactile warnings which were designed to convey directional information to a distracted driver (moving towards or away). Lastly, Experiment Four extended the research into the area of autonomous driving by investigating the effectiveness of different auditory take-over request signals. Novel to both Experiment Three and Four was that the warnings were delivered from the source of the distraction (i.e., by either the sound triggered at the smart phone location or through a vibration given on the wrist of the hand holding the smart phone). This warning placement was an attempt to break the driver’s attentional focus on their smart phone and understand how to best re-orient the driver in order to improve the driver’s situational awareness (SA). The overall goal was to explore these novel methods of improved SA so drivers may more quickly and appropriately respond to a critical event.
Date Created
2017
Contributors
- McNabb, Jaimie Christine (Author)
- Gray, Dr. Rob (Thesis advisor)
- Branaghan, Dr. Russell (Committee member)
- Becker, Dr. Vaughn (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
viii, 126 pages : illustrations
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44160
Statement of Responsibility
by Jaimie Christine McNabb
Description Source
Viewed on November 12, 2017
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2017
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-122)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Applied psychology
System Created
- 2017-06-01 01:52:45
System Modified
- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
- 2 years 8 months ago
Additional Formats