Cell-phone-induced Distraction in Adolescent Drivers

手机引起的青少年驾驶员分心

• 批准号: 6910105
• 负责人: Michael David Kramer
• 金额: $ 7.48万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6910105
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); age difference; attention; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; communication behavior; computer human interaction; computer simulation; experience; health related legal; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; performance; public health; telecommunications; transportation /recreation safety; travel; vehicular accident; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cell phone conversation and conversation with passengers have been shown to impair the driving performance of experienced adult drivers in simulator and on-road experiments by diverting attention away from the task of driving. Young, inexperienced drivers have more difficulty processing visual information that may be needed for safe driving. Therefore, competing mental tasks such as cell phone and driver-passenger conversations may impair inexperienced adolescent drivers even more than experienced adolescent and adult drivers. Accordingly, we propose to compare the effects of cell phone and driver passenger conversation on driving performance in 24 novice adolescent, 24 experienced adolescent, and 24 experienced young adult drivers using a high-fidelity driving simulator. We will examine driving performance of subjects under the following conditions: 1) driving only; 2) driving while conversing with a friend via cell phone; and 3) driving while conversing with a friend seated nearby (to mimic the role of a passenger). Results will inform policy decisions on toughening passenger restrictions and banning cell phone use in adolescent drivers.

描述（由申请人提供）：事实证明，手机通话和与乘客的通话会分散驾驶任务的注意力，从而在模拟器和道路实验中损害经验丰富的成年驾驶员的驾驶表现。年轻、缺乏经验的驾驶员更难以处理安全驾驶所需的视觉信息。因此，与有经验的青少年和成年驾驶员相比，诸如手机和驾驶员与乘客对话之类的竞争性心理任务可能对缺乏经验的青少年驾驶员造成更大的损害。因此，我们建议使用高保真驾驶模拟器来比较手机和驾驶员乘客对话对 24 名青少年新手、24 名经验丰富的青少年和 24 名经验丰富的年轻成年驾驶员的驾驶表现的影响。我们将在以下条件下考察受试者的驾驶表现： 1）仅驾驶； 2）一边开车一边用手机与朋友交谈； 3) 一边开车一边与坐在附近的朋友交谈（模仿乘客的角色）。结果将为加强乘客限制和禁止青少年司机使用手机的政策决策提供依据。