Performance Metrics for Assessing Driver Distraction

By SAE International

This book focuses on the study of secondary task demands imposed by in-vehicle devices on the driver while driving. It provides a mechanism for researchers to evaluate how in-vehicle devices such as navigation systems - as well as other devices such as cell phones - affect driver distraction and impact safety. This book, which features the work presented by international experts at the 4th International Driver Metrics Workshop, in June 2008, offers a summary of the current state of driver metrics research. Edited by workshop moderator Dr. Gary L. Rupp, the book introduces vital information to support the design of in-vehicle information and communication systems (IVIS). Topics covered include: * Driver object and event detection * Peripheral detection tasks (PDT) * Tactile-based detection tasks (TDT) * Modified Sternberg method for assessing visual and cognitive load of in-vehicle tasks * Modified Sternberg method for assessing peripheral detection task and lane change tests * The relationship between performance metrics and crash risk * Characterizing driver behaviors observed in naturalist driving studies * Developing metrics from lane change test studies

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0768034965
• ISBN13: 9780768034967
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: SAE International
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.9" x 6.2"