An Eye-tracking Evaluation of Driver Distraction and Unfamiliar Road Signs

Hurtado, Stephanie; Chiasson, Sonia

doi:10.1145/3003715.3005407

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“…Shahar, Poulter, Clarke, & Crundall, 2010) or lane maintenance (e.g. Hurtado & Chiasson, 2016). On the basis of this, the current study measured selective attention using accuracy in the judgement task (total number of trials in which participants correctly assessed the priority rules at a roundabout) and attention allocation (the proportion of fixations to the left and right side of the road in each video).…”

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Allocation of attention in familiar and unfamiliar traffic scenarios

Thompson

Sabik

2018

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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Increased travel worldwide has led to an escalation of road traffic accidents, particularly among tourists driving in unfamiliar, opposite traffic flow driving scenarios. Ability to allocate attention to driving-relevant information and regions is predicted to be the main cause of tourist accidents, with a lack of attention directed to areas of space that are inhibited in familiar traffic conventions but relevant in overseas driving. This study investigated the influence of habit and expectancy on driver behaviour and allocation of attention in familiar (left-hand traffic; LHT) and unfamiliar (right-hand traffic; RHT) contexts. Twenty-eight drivers from the UK were presented with video clips of driving taken in the UK and in Poland and asked to judge whether it was safe to enter a roundabout in each clip. Half were given information about differences in LHT and RHT situations prior to the task. Judgement performance was not influenced by this information, however accuracy was higher for LHT and the RHT task was rated more difficult, supporting the notion that driving in unfamiliar surroundings is more effortful. In LHT both groups made more fixations to the right side of each roundabout, however in RHT, whilst the control group allocated attention in the same way, the intervention group made significantly more fixations to the left. Pre-drive preparatory information can therefore increase attention to the most relevant areas of space in unfamiliar driving contexts. This has implications for drive tourism and it is suggested that such information is made more explicit to drivers.

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“…speed) it does not always influence others (e.g. lane maintenance; Hurtado & Chiasson, 2016). In addition to measuring the effects of load indirectly using accuracy and eye movements a subjective level of mental workload was also recorded (measured using participant difficulty ratings for each video).…”

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Allocation of attention in familiar and unfamiliar traffic scenarios

Thompson

Sabik

2018

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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“…Experimental road signs, as new elements observed by drivers can attract attention for too long or too short time in comparison to the other road signs. In the first case this can lead to a dangerous situation, because the attention of the driver for too long will be detached from the movement of other vehicles on the road [1]. In the second case, the effect may be a misunderstanding of the content of the experimental sign and, consequently, making erroneous or inconsistent with the traffic regulations decision.…”

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“…The eye tracking technology can be also used to evaluate of driver distraction by unfamiliar road signs, eg. road signs from different country [1]. It occurs that participants spent increased time looking at unfamiliar road signs.…”

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Research on the experimental road signs perception time and their intelligibility

2018

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Eye tracking technology is often used in road safety research. Eye tracker are used during real and simulated driving to investigate driver’s behaviour. It is also used for assessing influence of new elements, like experimental road signs or road signs from different country, on driver’s behaviour and performance. However it should be noted that, the probability that the signs will be noticed cannot be solely assessed by eye tracking data. Therefore there is a need to complete the results with additional sources of data, eg questionnaire study. In the paper results of research concerning road signs perception carried out with 33 volunteers are presented. Twelve boards with different road situations in the form of photos taken from the driver's perspective were prepared. After the exposure, the volunteer answered questions about the memorized information presented on the road signs.

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