Understanding the impacts of mobile phone distraction on driving performance: A systematic review

Oviedo-Trespalacios, Óscar; Boyle, Linda Ng; King, Mark; Washington, Simon

doi:10.1016/j.trc.2016.10.006

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“…In a comprehensive literature review and meta‐review by Oviedo‐Trespalacios et al. (), drivers’ subjective workload has been found to be much higher in texting task compared to other mobile phone tasks. These findings further validate the underpinning assumptions of the BAT, which suggests that a change in the secondary task demands would result in strategic, tactical, and/or operational behavioural adaptation (Young & Regan, ; Young & Regan, ).…”

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“…For instance, some recent research has confirmed that cognitive distraction inherent to mobile phone conversations has a lower workload and, therefore, does not increase crash risk (Fitch et al, 2017). In a comprehensive literature review and meta-review by Oviedo-Trespalacios et al (2016), drivers' subjective workload has been found to be much higher in texting task compared to other mobile phone tasks. These findings further validate the underpinning assumptions of the BAT, which suggests that a change in the secondary task demands would result in strategic, tactical, and/or operational behavioural adaptation (Young & Regan, 2009;Young & Regan, 2013).…”

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“…Mobile phone interactions while driving involve a multitude of cognitive and physical demands for the drivers. These depend on the task and user requirements, e.g., mobile phone conversations are usually associated with an increased cognitive workload (Oviedo‐Trespalacios et al., ), while texting and browsing on a mobile phone have been said to include psychical, visual, and cognitive demands that impair smoothness or proficiency in driving motion (Choi et al., ). Consequently, the crash risk varies depending on the type of task performed by the driver, e.g., talking on a handheld mobile phone increased crash risk by about 2.2 times, while texting while driving was found to increase crash risk by about 6.1 times (Dingus et al., ).…”

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“…Mobile phone usage has been associated with inferior driving performance and reduced safety margins (Oviedo-Trespalacios, Haque, King, & Washington, 2016). Conservative estimations suggest that distracted drivers are heavily overrepresented in road traffic crashes.…”

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This study investigated how situational characteristics typically encountered in the transport system influence drivers' perceived likelihood of engaging in mobile phone multitasking. The impacts of mobile phone tasks, perceived environmental complexity/risk, and drivers' individual differences were evaluated as relevant individual predictors within the behavioral adaptation framework. An innovative questionnaire, which includes randomized textual and visual scenarios, was administered to collect data from a sample of 447 drivers in South East Queensland-Australia (66% females; n = 296). The likelihood of engaging in a mobile phone task across various scenarios was modeled by a random parameters ordered probit model. Results indicated that drivers who are female, are frequent users of phones for texting/answering calls, have less favorable attitudes towards safety, and are highly disinhibited were more likely to report stronger intentions of engaging in mobile phone multitasking. However, more years with a valid driving license, self-efficacy toward self-regulation in demanding traffic conditions and police enforcement, texting tasks, and demanding traffic conditions were negatively related to self-reported likelihood of mobile phone multitasking. The unobserved heterogeneity warned of riskier groups among female drivers and participants who need a lot of convincing to believe that multitasking while driving is dangerous. This research concludes that behavioral adaptation theory is a robust framework explaining self-regulation of distracted drivers.

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“…The researchers' expert knowledge of the subject of DE contributed extensively to building the search mechanism and strategy; for example, as most articles on DE and driver licensing originate from the USA, Australia and Europe, searches were often focused on publications originating from these regions. 6,8,9 For original research articles, a systematic classification scheme was adopted based on previous research published by Lage et al and Hachicha et al and adapted by other researchers, including OviedoTrespalacios et al [30][31][32] Accordingly, each original research article was examined using a systematic classification scheme to determine (1) the article's context with regards to PDIs in novice DE, including the research methodology, type of analysis and the PDI's position of involvement in the study; (2) the competency of PDIs in comparison to other experienced or LDs; and (3) the contribution of PDIs to the learning process (i.e. the influence of the PDI on the novice driver's performance).…”

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The Roles and Performance of Professional Driving Instructors in Novice Driver Education

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This review article aimed to analyse existing literature regarding the roles and performance of professional driving instructors (PDIs) in novice driver education (DE). A systematic classification scheme was adopted to analyse identified articles to determine the study context of PDIs in novice DE, the competency level of PDIs in relation to experienced and learner drivers and the contributions of PDIs to the novice driver learning process. A total of 14 original research articles were identified, with no systematic reviews or meta-analyses available. Overall, all of the articles were found to be inadequate in providing an in-depth understanding of the roles and performance of PDIs in novice DE. There is an urgent need to improve current understanding of the roles of PDIs in novice DE and to work towards an internationally recognised PDI management approach.

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The effects of simulated interruptions on mobile search tasks

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While it is clear that using a mobile device can interrupt real-world activities such as walking or driving, the effects of interruptions on mobile device use have been under-studied. We are particularly interested in how the ambient distraction of walking while using a mobile device, combined with the occurrence of simulated interruptions of different levels of cognitive complexity, affect web search activities. We have established an experimental design to study how the degree of cognitive complexity of simulated interruptions influence both objective and subjective search task performance. In a controlled laboratory study (n=27), quantitative and qualitative data were collected on mobile search performance, perceptions of the interruptions, and how participants reacted to the interruptions, using a custom mobile eye-tracking app, a questionnaire, and observations. As expected, more cognitively complex interruptions resulted in increased overall task completion times and higher perceived impacts. Interestingly, the effect on the resumption lag or the actual search performance was not significant, showing the resiliency of people to resume their tasks after an interruption. Implications from this study enhance our understanding of how interruptions objectively and subjectively affect search task performance, motivating the need for providing explicit mobile search support to enable recovery from interruptions.

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Understanding the impacts of mobile phone distraction on driving performance: A systematic review

Cited by 236 publications

References 76 publications

Should I Text or Call Here? A Situation‐Based Analysis of Drivers’ Perceived Likelihood of Engaging in Mobile Phone Multitasking

Should I Text or Call Here? A Situation‐Based Analysis of Drivers’ Perceived Likelihood of Engaging in Mobile Phone Multitasking

The Roles and Performance of Professional Driving Instructors in Novice Driver Education

The effects of simulated interruptions on mobile search tasks

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