Title
Temporary Barriers To Reduce The Effects Of Rubbernecking
Abstract
Driver distraction is an area of research which concerns both public safety and research. Much work has been completed on distractions inside the vehicle; however, distracting scenarios outside of the vehicle can garner visual attention away from driving as well. Occasionally drivers passing a traffic crash will be involved in the crash themselves, due to rubbernecking. To combat this problem one solution is to obscure the scene from view. We empirically examined the efficacy of crash barriers on both eye movements and human performance in regards to driver behavior. Participants drove in a simulator in three separate drives (two control drives and one with a highly salient traffic crash) with either no occlusion, partial occlusion or full occlusion. Significant effects of distraction (crash vs. no crash) were found. In addition, the full barrier occlusion had the biggest effect on decreasing the amount of time participants spend looking at the crash. Copyright 2013 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Inc.
Publication Date
12-13-2013
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Number of Pages
1810-1814
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931213571405
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84889835920 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84889835920
STARS Citation
Colon, Nicholas P.; Rupp, Michael A.; and Mouloua, Mustapha, "Temporary Barriers To Reduce The Effects Of Rubbernecking" (2013). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 5931.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/5931