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A smart driving smartphone application : real-world effects on driving performance and glance behaviours
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Birrell, Stewart A., Fowkes, Mark and Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.) (2013) A smart driving smartphone application : real-world effects on driving performance and glance behaviours. In: 3rd International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, Gothenburg, Sweden, Sept 4-6
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Abstract
A smart driving Smartphone application – which offers real-time fuel efficiency and safety feedback to the driver in the vehicle – was evaluated in a real-world driving study. Forty participants drove an instrumented vehicle over a 50 minute mixed route driving scenario, with 15 being selected for video data analysis. Two conditions were adopted, one a control, the other with smart driving advice being presented to the driver. Key findings from the study showed a 4.1% improvement in fuel efficiency when using the smart driving system, and an almost 3-fold reduction in time spent travelling closer than 1.5 seconds to the vehicle in front. Glance behavior results showed that drivers spent an average of 4.3% of their time looking at the system, at an average of 0.43 seconds per glance, with no glances of greater than two seconds. In conclusion this study has shown that a smart driving system specifically developed and designed with the drivers’ information requirements in mind can lead to significant improvements in real-world driving behaviours, whilst limiting visual distraction, with the task being integrated into normal driving.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Official Date: | September 2013 | ||||
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Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 3rd International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | Sept 4-6 | ||||
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