RETRACTED: Impact of Information Bandwidth of In-Vehicle Technologies on Young Drivers’ Attention Maintenance Performance: A Driving Simulator Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 1639-1643
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Simulator Study ◽  
Vehicle Technologies ◽  
Maintenance Performance

This proceedings paper was inadvertently published after the authors notified the journal of their desire to withdraw the paper from the conference. The paper was not actually presented at the conference. This retraction is being issued at the authors’ request. The Journal, Human Factors, and SAGE apologize to the authors and readers for the inadvertent publication.

scholarly journals Attention maintenance training: Are young drivers getting better or being more strategic?

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 1991-1995
Author(s):  
James Unverricht ◽  
Yusuke Yamani ◽  
Sarah Yahoodik ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
William J. Horrey
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Secondary Task ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Secondary Tasks ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Vehicle Navigation System ◽  
Processing Demands ◽  
Maintenance Performance

Young drivers are particularly poor at maintaining attention to the forward roadway where imminent hazards may occur. Existing training programs such as FOrward Concentration and Attention Learning (FOCAL) have been shown to improve young drivers’ attention maintenance performance. The current study examines two competing hypotheses for the effectiveness of FOCAL: 1) Drivers disregard the secondary task to focus on maintaining attention, or 2) FOCAL improves drivers’ multitasking ability on the driving and the secondary tasks. FOCAL- and placebo-trained drivers navigated through four distinct scenarios in a driving simulator. During each scenario, they were asked to perform a secondary task interacting with a mock in-vehicle navigation system. Results showed that FOCAL improved driver attention maintenance performance and, surprisingly, their secondary task performance. These results suggest the possibility that FOCAL in fact increases not only their ability to maintain their attention to the forward roadway but also a drivers’ multitasking performance. Future works should use a variety of in-vehicle tasks with different visual processing demands to determine the generalizability of the current finding.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Gaze-Based Training Intervention on Latent Hazard Anticipation Skills for Young Drivers: A Driving Simulator Study

Safety ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuke Yamani ◽  
Pınar Bıçaksız ◽  
Dakota Palmer ◽  
Nathan Hatfield ◽  
Siby Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Simulator Study

scholarly journals Design of an experimental protocol to examine medication non-adherence among young drivers diagnosed with ADHD: A driving simulator study

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Ching Lee ◽  
Chelsea Ward McIntosh ◽  
Flaura Winston ◽  
Thomas Power ◽  
Patty Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Experimental Protocol ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Simulator Study

Driving Simulator Study of J-Turn Acceleration–Deceleration Lane and U-Turn Spacing Configurations

2017 ◽  
Vol 2638 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Sun ◽  
Zhu Qing ◽  
Praveen Edara ◽  
Bimal Balakrishnan ◽  
James Hopfenblatt
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Crash Analysis ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
Intersection Safety ◽  
Vehicle Trajectories ◽  
Acceleration And Deceleration ◽  
Simulator Study ◽  
Traditional Approaches

The J-turn, also known as the restricted crossing U-turn and Superstreet, is an innovative geometric design that can improve intersection safety. Although this design has been in use in several states for many years, there is very little research-based guidance for several design parameters. A driving simulator study was conducted to analyze the parameters of lane configuration, U-turn spacing, and signage. Two lane configurations were examined: ( a) an acceleration–deceleration configuration, in which acceleration and deceleration lanes are provided, and ( b) a deceleration-only configuration, in which only deceleration lanes are provided. Lane configuration was found to be the most important parameter affecting J-turn safety according to speed differentials. The only significant interaction effect among parameters was between lane configuration and U-turn spacing. The acceleration–deceleration configuration performed better than the deceleration-only configuration, having 66.3% fewer safety critical events. Vehicle trajectories and average lane change locations showed that U-turn spacing significantly affected the acceleration–deceleration configuration (e.g., average merge locations changed by 96% to .0101%) but not the deceleration-only configuration. No strong preference was demonstrated for either the directional or the diagrammatic signage style. This paper presents one of the first human-factors studies of the J-turn to focus on developing design guidance. This human-factors approach complements traditional approaches such as crash analysis and microsimulation.

scholarly journals Can Young Drivers Learn to Anticipate Hidden Hazards: A Driving Simulator Study

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siby Samuel ◽  
Tracy Zafian ◽  
Avinoam Borowsky ◽  
Matthew R.E. Romoser ◽  
Donald L Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Simulator Study

A Driving Simulator Study of the Performance Effects of Low Blood Alcohol Concentration

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (18) ◽  
pp. 943-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Wade Allen ◽  
Zareh Parseghian ◽  
Anthony C. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Divided Attention ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Blood Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Blood Alcohol ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Driving Task ◽  
Simulator Study ◽  
And Performance

There is a large body of research that documents the impairing effect of alcohol on driving behavior and performance. Some of the most significant alcohol influence seems to occur in divided attention situations when the driver must simultaneously attend to several aspects of the driving task. This paper describes a driving simulator study of the effect of a low alcohol dose, .055 BAC (blood alcohol concentration %/wt), on divided attention performance. The simulation was mechanized on a PC and presented visual and auditory feedback in a truck cab surround. Subjects were required to control speed and steering on a rural two lane road while attending to a peripheral secondary task. The subject population was composed of 33 heavy equipment operators who were tested during both placebo and drinking sessions. Multivariate Analysis of Variance showed a significant and practical alcohol effect on a range of variables in the divided attention driving task.

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