Driver Distraction: Toward A Common Definition
REGAN MICHAEL ; LEE ; YOUNG
Type de document
COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
REGAN MICHAEL ; LEE ; YOUNG
Résumé / Abstract
Driver distraction, as an applied psychological construct, has been variously, and often poorly, defined in the research literature. There is a critical need for a valid definition of driver distraction that supports the development of common taxonomies for coding and categorising crash data and which enables researchers to compare research findings across studies. This paper reviews a sample of previous definitions, distils from these and other relevant literature key issues that are relevant to defining driver distraction, and proposes a definition of driver distraction that is distinguishable from driver inattention and driver workload. A definition of driver inattention is also proposed.
