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iPod distraction: effects of portable music-player use on driver performance
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on human factors in computing systems, pp 243-250
29 Apr 2007
Abstract
Portable music players such as Apple's iPod have become ubiquitous in many environments, but one environment in particular has elicited new safety concerns and challenges -- in-vehicle use while driving. We present the first study of portable music-player interaction while driving, examining the effects of iPod interaction by drivers navigating a typical roadway in a driving simulator. Results showed that selecting media on the iPod had a significant effect on driver performance as measured by lateral deviation from lane center; the effect was comparable to previously reported effects of dialing a cellular phone. In addition, selecting media and watching videos had a significant effect on car-following speed, resulting in speed reductions that presumably compensated for impaired lateral performance. Given that iPod interaction has become increasingly common while driving, these results serve as a first step toward understanding the potential effects of portable music-player interaction on driver behavior and performance.
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Details
- Title
- iPod distraction
- Creators
- Dario SalvucciDaniel MarkleyMark ZuberDuncan Brumby
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on human factors in computing systems, pp 243-250
- Conference
- SIGCHI Conference on human factors in computing systems
- Series
- CHI '07
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Computer Science
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-35348824393
- Other Identifier
- 991014877979904721