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The restless mind while driving: drivers’ thoughts behind the wheel
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2015Recent research has clearly shown that inattention when driving has an indisputable impact on road safety. "Mind wandering" (MW), an inattentional state caused by a shift in attention from the ongoing task to inner thoughts, is not only frequent in everyday activities but also known to impact performance.
Berthie, Gaëlle +8 more
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Driver Perception of a Loose Left Rear Wheel
SAE Technical Paper Series, 2010<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">Previous studies into wheel or tire disablements have examined either the physical effects of loose lug nuts, or vehicle dynamics following a disablement. This study investigates driver perception of loose lug nuts on the left rear wheel of a sedan. Testing was conducted in which
Kirsten White +2 more
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Taxis without drivers-or steering wheels
IEEE Spectrum, 2019A COMING MILESTONE in the automobile world is the widespread rollout of Level 4 autonomy, where the car drives itself without supervision. Waymo, the company spun out of Google's self-driving car research, said it would start a commercial Level 4 taxi service by late 2018, although that hadn't happened as of press time. And GM Cruise, in San Francisco,
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Interacting with the Steering Wheel: Potential Reductions in Driver Distraction
2011Driving a car has become a challenge for many people despite the fact that evermore technology is built into vehicles in order to support the driver. Above all, the increasing number of in-vehicle information systems (IVIS) is a main source of driver distraction.
Sebastian Osswald +3 more
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Hand-transmitted vibration from the steering wheel to drivers of a small four-wheel drive tractor
Applied Ergonomics, 2003The paper presents research results of the vibration transmitted from the steering wheel of the small tractor with a 4-wheel drive to the driver's hands. The vibration measurements were carried out on the tractor randomly chosen from the producer's store-house.
Goglia, Vlado +3 more
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Sudden death behind the wheel from natural disease in drivers of four-wheeled motorized vehicles
The American Journal of Cardiology, 1990The heart was studied in 30 persons who died suddenly from natural causes in the driver's seat of an automobile, truck or bus. Twenty had cardiac arrest while driving and the other 10 while sitting in the driver's seat of a parked vehicle. Of the 20 drivers, 16 died from atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD): 12 (75%) had minor collisions and 4
D H, Antecol, W C, Roberts
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‘A Country on Wheels’: A Mobile Ethnography of Portuguese Lorry Drivers
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2014This paper revolves around the intersections of mobility and identity. In Europe mobility is often regarded as a producer of cultural proximity amongst European citizens and member states, bearing the potential to fabricate some kind of European identity.
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Risky behavior of drivers of motorized two wheeled vehicles in India
Journal of Safety Research, 2006Motorized two-wheeled vehicles (MTV) account for a large proportion of road traffic in India and the riders of these vehicles have a high risk of road traffic injuries. We report on the availability of drivers licenses, use of a helmet, driver behavior, and condition of vehicles for MTV drivers in Hyderabad, a city in IndiaDrivers of a MTV aged >16 ...
Rakhi, Dandona +2 more
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Driver Recognition Based on Dynamic Handgrip Pattern on Steeling Wheel
2011 12th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, 2011This paper proposes a novel biometric authentication method based on the recognition of drivers' dynamic handgrip on steering wheel. A pressure sensitive mat mounted on a steering wheel is employed to collect handgrip data exerted by the hands of drivers who intend to start the vehicle.
Ronghua Chen +4 more
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Physical characteristics of experienced and junior open-wheel car drivers
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2013Despite the popularity of open-wheel car racing, scientific literature about the physical characteristics of competitive race car drivers is scarce. The purpose of this study was to compare selected fitness parameters of experienced and junior open-wheel race car drivers.
Christian, Raschner +2 more
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