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Abstract: 

Driver distraction is increasingly recognized as a significant source of injuries and fatalities on the roadway, an estimated 35% to 50% of all crashes (Sussman, Bishop, Madnick, and Walker, 1985) or 25% of all police-reported crashes (Ranney, Mazzae, Garrott, and Goodman, 2000; Wang, Knipling, and Goodman, 1996). One of the most damning studies, the 100-car naturalistic driving study (Dingus, et al., 2006), found that 78% of all crashes and near crashes involved inattention, making it the single largest crash causation factor in their analysis.

Keywords: fatigue; necessary driving related distractions; secondary in-vehicle activities; cognitive workload; conversation; text-to-speech; music preference; Systematic Distraction-to-Risk Correlation; voice-activated devices

Affiliations:  1: Co-Editor.