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Drivers' adaptation to mobile phone use: Interaction strategies, consequences on driving behaviour and potential impact on road safety

Drivers' adaptation to mobile phone use: Interaction strategies, consequences on driving behaviour and potential impact on road safety

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The increasing use of the mobile phones while driving raises a safety concern due to its distractive potential and its consequent effects on crash risk. The way phone use affects driving depends on the usage behaviour of the driver. First, drivers can actively regulate their exposure to phone interactions. Second, they can make choices on the strategic level of the driving task so as to ensure the compatibility of the phone use with driving. Strategies can aim at lowering the demands in one of the concurrent tasks, for example, by using assistance systems or a hands-free device. Third, the phone use while driving can impair the driving performance because of the distractive nature of the dual-task situation. With the aim to mitigate this impairment and to uphold an acceptable driving performance, drivers can deliberately adapt their behaviour on the tactical level of the driving task. These driver adaptation strategies to mobile phone use are discussed along with their actual implementation and effectiveness. An extensive literature review has been complemented with findings from naturalistic driving studies and in-depth interviews carried out within the ADAPTATION project. A discussion on the potential safety impact of phone use and drivers' adaptation to it concludes this chapter.

Chapter Contents:

  • Abstract
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Regulating the exposure to phone use while driving
  • 9.2.1 Exposure regulation strategies
  • 9.2.2 Factors influencing exposure regulation
  • 9.3 Seeking after compatibility of driving and mobile phone use
  • 9.3.1 Driving situation
  • 9.3.2 Assisted driving
  • 9.3.3 Use of hands-free devices
  • 9.4 Adapting driving behaviour in response to distractive effects of mobile phone use
  • 9.4.1 Impairment of driving performance due to distraction
  • 9.4.2 Compensation strategies to mitigate effects of distraction
  • 9.5 Conclusions on potential safety impact
  • Acknowledgement
  • References

Inspec keywords: mobile radio; human factors; road safety; mobile handsets

Other keywords: interaction strategy; driving performance; driver adaptation stratey; driving behaviour; ADAPTATION project; mobile phone use; road safety; driving strategy; driving distraction; phone interaction

Subjects: Plant engineering, maintenance and safety; Mobile radio systems

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