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Understanding Driving Distractions: A Multimodal Analysis on Distraction Characterization

26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2021
Distracted driving is a leading cause of accidents worldwide. The tasks of distraction detection and recognition have been traditionally addressed as computer vision problems. However, distracted behaviors are not always expressed in a visually observable way.
Michalis Papakostas, Kais Riani, Andrew Brian Gasiorowski, Yan Sun, Mohamed Abouelenien, Rada Mihalcea, Mihai Burzo   +6 more
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Distracted driving behavior in patients with insomnia

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2023
Insomnia is one of the most common sleep disorders and is characterized by a subjective perception of difficulty falling asleep. Drivers with insomnia are vulnerable to distraction and exhibit higher levels of risk while driving. This study investigated the effect of two sources of in-vehicle distractions on the driving performance of drivers with ...
Qianran, Zhang, Lin, Xu, Yingying, Yan, Geng, Li, Dandan, Qiao, Junfang, Tian   +5 more
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Driving with distraction in Parkinson disease

Neurology, 2006
To assess the effects of auditory-verbal distraction on driving performance in Parkinson disease (PD).We tested licensed, currently active drivers with mild-to-moderate PD (n = 71) and elderly controls with no neurologic disease (n = 147) on a battery of cognitive, visual, and motor tests.
E Y, Uc, M, Rizzo, S W, Anderson, J D, Sparks, R L, Rodnitzky, J D, Dawson   +5 more
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Driving to distraction — certification of fitness to drive with epilepsy

Medical Journal of Australia, 2010
Assessment of medical fitness to drive can be a sensitive and difficult task, particularly when it involves a condition such as epilepsy, where impairment is intermittent. The patient, their doctor and the driver licensing authority (DLA) each have responsibilities, both to the patient and to the wider community of road users.
Ernest R, Somerville, Andrew B, Black, John W, Dunne   +2 more
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Truck Driving Distractions

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2014
Distracted driving is becoming more prevalent as automobile use is commonplace and technology use grows in pervasiveness. The present study investigated the impact of cell phone, touch MP3, and external environmental distractions on commercial truck driving performance.
Sollins, Brandon, Chen, Dar Wei, Reinerman-Jones, Lauren, Tarr, Ron   +3 more
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Distracted While Driving

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2013
In the United States, 39 states have passed legislation banning texting while driving. By comparison, no state bans hands-free cellular phone use by adults while driving. The concern regarding texting reflects an underlying assumption that it poses a greater risk than talking on a cellular phone.
David Libby, Alex Chaparro, Jibo He
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On the Philosophical Foundations of the Distracted Driver and Driving Distraction

2008
The philosophical and scientifi c lenses through which we view safety act to constrain the ways by which we seek to understand and improve it. The differentiation among identifi able causal factors and the parsing of collision events into their various physical confi gurations have led to conceptually contingent approaches to the possible solutions we ...
Hancock, Peter A., Mouloua, Mustapha, Senders, John W.   +2 more
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Distracted driving: prevalence, problems, and prevention

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 2014
While the number of motor vehicle crashes has declined over the years, crashes resulting from distracted driving are increasing in the United States resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. The national public seems to be aware of the dangers associated with using technology while driving, but continues to engage in this dangerous behaviour ...
Tiffany L, Overton, Terry E, Rives, Carrie, Hecht, Shahid, Shafi, Rajesh R, Gandhi   +4 more
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Detection of Distracted Driving: A Smartphone-Based Approach

2023
Road accidents cause 1.35 million deaths a year and have now become the leading cause of death between the ages of 5 and 29. CAReful is an application that can be used while driving to detect dangerous behaviors, such as drowsiness, turning the head, using the smartphone, or the presence of excessive noise. CAReful uses different sensors to monitor the
Cancello Tortora, Giuseppe, Casini, Mirko, Lagna, Andrea, Marino, Martina, Vecchio, Alessio   +4 more
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Distracted driving on YouTube: implications for adolescents

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 2017
Abstract For the first time in 50 years, traffic fatalities have increased in the United States (US). With the emergence of technology, comes the possibility, that distracted driving has contributed to a decrease in safe driving practices. The purpose of this study was to describe the content on the popular video sharing site, YouTube
Corey H, Basch, Christina, Mouser, Ashley, Clark   +2 more
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