A diary study of distracted driving behaviours |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;2. Hampton Hall of Civil Engineering G167B, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States;3. Transportation Research Specialist, Institute for Transportation, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, United States;1. Transport Research Institute, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK;2. Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Statistics and Econometrics Application Research Laboratory, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 204B Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States;3. Motion Simulation Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 106 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States;4. Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 241 Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States;1. Quality of Life Research Institute, University of Girona, Girona 17071, Catalonia, Spain;2. Driving Research Group, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, United Kingdom;1. School of Aviation, University of New South Wales, UNSW SYDNEY, NSW 2052 Australia;2. Transport and Road Safety (TARS) Research Centre, School of Aviation, University of New South Wales, UNSW SYDNEY, NSW 2052, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The introduction and uptake of technology within road vehicles has readily advanced the capabilities and the functions that the driver of a road vehicle has available to them. While this has benefited the drivers’ productivity and entertainment behind the wheel, it has also heightened the possibility for distraction. Research into driver distraction to date has identified how technologies inside the vehicle may be used ineffectively and can compromise the safety of the road transport system. Yet, the factors that drivers state impact on their decision to engage with distracting technologies are less well known. This paper presents the first diary study into driver distraction. The study asked drivers to record all technological distractions that they engaged with across a 4-week period, as well as interactions that they ignored or choose not to engage with. The diary entries include the technologies drivers interacted with and the conditions surrounding this, as well as external factors that drivers cited to influence their decision to interact. Primarily, factors relating to the task itself were found to be of most importance to the drivers’ decision to engage. Differences were also found in how drivers stated they compensated for any engagement with distracting tasks. This has important consequences for the design and integration of technological devices into the vehicle. The novel application of the method offers insights into the naturalistic conditions surrounding drivers’ involvement with distracting technologies. The method is also reviewed on its applicability to the study of driver distraction. |
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| Keywords: | Diary study Road safety Qualitative In-vehicle technology Driver distraction |
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