Automatic visual information processing and expectations in traffic

Automatic information processing (AVIP) in traffic refers to a driver state, in which expectations have replaced a large part of the active information intake exerted by a highly attentive driver. Instead of actively scanning the visual environment, the driver only passively monitors the outside world, requiring little attention. This state has...

Measuring distraction: The Peripheral Detection Task

The possibilities for measuring workload or driver distraction by means of the Peripheral Detection Task during driving with in-vehicle equipment were investigated in a driving simulator experiment. The results show that the Peripheral Detection Task is a very sensitive method of measuring peaks in workload, induced by either a critical scenario...

Driving and road sign perception

Driver distraction in the European statement of principles on in-vehicle HMI: a comment

The recently issued 'European statement ofprinciples on in-vehicle HMI' is reviewed with respect to what it contains on preventing driver distraction as it could be caused by in-vehicle HMI.