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

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Talking on the Phone While Driving: A Literature Review on Driving Simulator Studies

“…In addition, in 60 studies (72.28% of studies), the first task was to freely drive along a path or route where one or more collisions happen. Good examples of such situations include: an animal suddenly appearing on the road [ 25 , 63 , 102 , 103 ], a pedestrian suddenly crossing the street [ 63 , 76 , 81 , 83 , 96 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 ], a cyclist entering the road [ 81 , 96 , 115 ], a parked car pulling out onto the road [ 104 , 109 , 110 ], a traffic signal intersection [ 76 , 109 ], and so on.…”

“…In their studies, some researchers have compared cell phone use with other activities, such as: talking to a passenger (12 studies: [ 62 , 63 , 77 , 91 , 102 , 103 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 ]), eating (2 studies: [ 26 , 88 ]), radio tuning (3 studies: [ 70 , 121 , 125 ]), radio listening [ 65 ], using navigation systems (3 studies: [ 52 , 70 , 89 ]), interaction with infotainment systems [ 98 ], adjusting climate controls [ 125 ], reading e-mails [ 126 ], drinking [ 25 ], and coin searching [ 97 ]. Three studies compare the use mobile phones while driving with drunk driving: [ 95 , 127 , 128 ].…”

“…However, most papers relied on medium or high-fidelity simulators. Among the most used, we can mention the CARRS-Q Advanced Driving Simulator (present in the nine studies listed above), the Foerst Driving Simulator located at the National Technical University of Athens (seven studies: [ 27 , 63 , 77 , 102 , 103 , 123 , 124 ]), the PatrolSim high-fidelity driving simulator (four studies: [ 106 , 119 , 128 , 139 ]), and NADS-1 (present in the three studies cited above). Most systems are developed by Systems Technology Inc., Hawthorne, CA, USA, both hardware and software (encountered in 17 articles) and Realtime Technologies, Inc., Royal Oak, MI, USA (five studies).…”

Driving Simulator Study for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Warnings to Improve the Safety of Interaction Between Cyclists and Vehicles

“…Driver inattention and cognitive workload are associated with delays in recognizing the surrounding driving environment and, consequently, with driving errors and road collisions ( 9, 10 ). To contribute to the improvements of road safety, several new in-vehicle collision avoidance technologies and warnings to drivers have been tested and implemented in vehicles.…”

Risk factors, driver behaviour and accident probability

“…Στη συνέχεια μια επιμέρους ανασκόπηση έλαβε χώρα σχετικά με τύπους πειραμάτων για την αξιολόγηση της οδηγικής συμπεριφοράς και της απόσπασης της προσοχής του οδηγού (Papantoniou et al, 2015).…”