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- Title
Simulated Driving Performance is Worse With a Passenger Than A Simulated Cellular Telephone Converser.
- Authors
Rivardo, Mark G.; Pacella, Maria L.; Klein, Brandi A.
- Abstract
Evidence that cellular telephone conversations hinder driving performance is plentiful. However, why they should be more dangerous than passenger conversations has not been adequately explored. A passenger's ability to share situation awareness with the driver may reduce the negative effects of conversation but studies have not controlled for the effect of cellular telephone transmission. Unexpectedly, simulated driving performance was worst with a normal passenger and did not differ between blind passenger and no passenger conditions. The use of vacation as a naturalistic conversation topic and casual participant attitudes may have affected the results. Additional research is needed to further explore the differences between passenger and cellular telephone conversations to understand their effects on driving performance.
- Subjects
AUTOMOBILE driving; CONVERSATION; AUTOMOBILE occupants; CELL phones; TRAFFIC accidents; ATTENTION; LISTENING; RADIO (Medium); SAFETY
- Publication
North American Journal of Psychology, 2008, Vol 10, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
1527-7143
- Publication type
Article