Mindfulness Predicts Driver Engagement in Distracting Activities

Young, Kristie Lee; Koppel, Sjaan; Stephens, Amanda N.; Osborne, Rachel; Chambers, Richard; Hassed, Craig

doi:10.1007/s12671-018-1060-7

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“…This is what was observed in most participants in the current study's trials attempting to adapt to this extra effort by reducing their speed with the scarcity of participants maintaining their average speed or even performing a significant and distracting effect to increase their abilities. Speed as in the youth category (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29). Another evidence of deteriorating driving performance during the dual-task is the participants' exposure to accidents when encountering a serious accident.…”

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“…There is no evidence that eating and drinking while driving may be a problem, according to the reports. The majority of research has focused on the prevalence of these activities and their potential risks, rather than their true effects on performance [20]. The two studies by (Klauer et al, 2006) and (Olson et al, 2009) showed that natural experiments could not determine the relationship between eating while driving and the likelihood of accidents.…”

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“…for driving during the mission, as presented in Figure 6. The age of the participants was divided into four groups, namely the youth group (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29), the group (30-39) and (40-49), and finally the elderly (50-55), the average speed of the participants in the four groups during the double driving task was less than their speed in the single driving task. The results revealed differences in the average Speed among the age groups.…”

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Assessing the Effect of Eating as a Distraction Factor While Driving on Drivers' Performance

Saihood¹,

Jabbar²,

Al-Rubaee³

2021

ETJ

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Food and drink intake are a major driving distraction which evaluated using driving simulator.• Drivers mental work is affected with dual tasks of driving and food intake. • Driving risk is increased as drivers increased distraction due to food and drink intake. • The result of current work emphasizes the effect of distractions on driving performance.The increase in the number of traffic accidents, deaths, and injuries is a major concern for traffic and safety professionals. Distraction from the road is common, but increases safety concerns. Drivers engage in many behaviors that are a distraction from the task of driving, and these sources may be inside or outside the vehicle. The driver may not have a clear idea of the negative impact of such activities on achieving safe driving. The paper focused on one type of distraction that occurs inside the car, the factor of eating while driving in order to address the question of whether such activities cause anxiety. The effect of eating while driving as an additional task (dual task) compared to driving baseline (single task) on each driver's performance and safety was studied. This research was conducted at the University of Technology-Iraq uses a fixed and medium accuracy driving simulator. To measure driver performance, the driver's ability to maintain a set speed limit was tested. For safety, the driver's ability to avoid accidents was measured. The highway environment scenario was adopted to perform driving experiences for the 42 participants, the length of the road was 15 km, and the driving experience took (30) minutes at a rate of (10-15) minutes for each driving task. The results revealed a decrease in the mean journey speed of all participants during the (dual driving) experiment compared to the results of the mean journey speed (single driving). The speed of females decreased more than males. The youngest age group (19-29) years led at a faster rate than the age groups (30-39), (40-49), and (50-55). No accidents were recorded during the baseline driving task.In the dual driving task, females recorded a higher number of accidents than males. The youth category (19-29) was characterized by recording the largest number of accidents.

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2021

ETJ

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“…Young, Koppel, Stephens, Osborne, Chambers, and Hassed recommend a mindfulness intervention that potentially reduces driver engagement in multiple distracting activities. [20]. And then, Prabowo, Sulthoni, and Dewi [21] developed a community intervention called Mindful Motorcycling.…”

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IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Mindfulness, characterized by one's own state of awareness and attention concerning actions during the present moment (Young et al, 2018), has been believed as well to influence individuals' driving behaviors in different settings.…”

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Transportation safety continues to be an important issue that we face daily as it results in enormous losses to human life and to the economy. This research targets safe mobility at intersections in an urban setting by analyzing drivers’ behavior at the stop bar during the red-light phases. The latter analysis focuses on drivers’ psychological and demographic attributes. Drivers are exposed to various scenarios and triggers using a state-of-the-art driving simulator. Three main scenarios are utilized to test drivers’ responses, which include pedestrians crossing the crosswalk, police enforcement personnel and adjacent driver encroaching on the stop bar promoting the imitation behavior. A survey assessing demographics and individual traits such as impulsivity, impatience, mindfulness and driving rituals is used to complement the driving simulator experience for a total of 178 participants. Real life observations and monitoring at intersections are conducted to confirm drivers’ behaviors with respect to stopping at the stop bar in the presence of various triggers. Younger males with a history of at least one severe accident are more likely to be exhibit aggressive behavior such as speeding and committing violations. Participants scoring high on the Attitudes Towards Traffic Safety and Driving Behavior Survey scales are safer drivers who show more concern about traffic laws. High scores on mindfulness and agreeableness (Big Five Personality Inventory) are associated with less violations whereas extraversion and neuroticism are linked with impulsivity and frustration thus leading to higher acceleration rates and speeding. Symptoms of depression reduce a person’s capacity to maintain attention. Thus, it is highly effective to enhance mindfulness and stress management in addition to driving risk-awareness and focus on improving the existing driving education system.

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Mindfulness Predicts Driver Engagement in Distracting Activities

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Assessing the Effect of Eating as a Distraction Factor While Driving on Drivers' Performance

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