Effects of naturalistic cell phone conversations on driving performance

Observation of risky driving behavior as a result of using in-vehicle technology in the Czech Republic

“…Our subjects slightly more often drove too fast while having a phone call. This is not consistent with numerous studies reporting lower speed of phoning drivers (Törnros & Bolling, 2005;Rakauskas, Gugerty & Ward, 2004;Knapper et al, 2015). However, this difference is caused by difference in measurement: The speed of a driver was assessed by an observer sitting in the car, while in many previous studies measurement was made by a driving simulator.…”

“…Decreased lateral position variance and decreased speed for cell phone users is reported also by Törnros and Bolling (2005). Rakauskas, Gugerty and Ward (2004) found that people using cell phone drive slower and with higher mental workload. Drivers who use cell phone maintain lesser distance to the car in front than when they don't use cell phone, they also drive faster when the conversation is longer than 16 minutes (Rosenbloom, 2006).…”

Exploratory Analysis of the Effect of Distraction on Driving Behaviour Through a Driving Simulator Experiment

“…The results revealed that mean speed and the standard deviation of accelerator travel decreased while participants were conversing on the mobile phone. More recent research carried out in a driving simulator by Rakauskas et al, [17] also found that drivers' mean speed decreased and their speed variability increased while carrying out a naturalistic conversation on a mobile phone.…”

Situational Awareness and Systems for Driver-Assistance

“…The driver in this case is less likely to concentrate on the road straight ahead and more likely to ignore the peripheral vision [19] and thus is not able to perceive hazards and/or changes in the traffic situation [24]. Increasing cognitive load on cognitive processes results in delaying and interrupting processing of captured information and therefore issuing the appropriate reaction in a longer time [28]. Some studies also found that cognitive load affects motor skills, such as steering control [29], acceleration and deceleration [30].…”