Jamson, SL and Jamson, AH (2010) The validity of a low-cost simulator for the assessment of the effects of in-vehicle information systems. Safety Science, 48 (10). pp. 1477-1483. ISSN 0925-7535
Abstract
This study explored the validity of using a low-cost simulator for the assessment of driver distraction arising from the use of an in-vehicle information system. Eighteen participants drove on a rural road whilst carrying out distractor tasks of various levels of difficulty, in both a low-cost simulator (with gaming console steering wheel and pedals with single monitor display) and a medium-cost one (fixed-base, complete vehicle cab, wrap-around visuals). The distractor tasks were presented at identical locations in each of the drives and an identical suite of driver performance and subjective rating measures were elicited to allow a robust comparison between the two simulator environments. As expected, there was a reduction in mean speed when drivers were completing the distraction tasks and this effect was observed in both simulators. However, drivers spent more time at shorter headways in the low-cost version and demonstrated more erratic steering behaviour in the low-cost version. This could be due to a reduced peripheral view and inferior kinaesthetic feedback through the driver controls, but low-cost simulators could play a significant role in the early stages of design and evaluation of in-vehicle information systems.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Safety Science. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Low-cost simulator; Distraction; Evaluation; In-vehicle information systems |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2018 14:20 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2018 05:27 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.07.008 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128715 |