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April 2014 Seminar on the Impact of Distracted Driving and Sleepiness on Road Safety |
15 April 2014
Programme
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Challenge of the Human Machine Interface. Alan Stevens, Transport Research Laboratory, UK Investigating Driver Distraction and Drowsiness using Naturalistic Driving Data. Gregory M. Fitch, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, USA Distraction among Cyclists and Pedestrians. Marjan Hagenzieker, SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, The Netherlands Drivers’ Task Management of their In-Vehicle Activities. Markus Schumacher, BAst, Germany Dangerous Use of Communication Devices while Driving. Peter Larsson, Swedish Transport Administration Driving Assistance Technologies and Vigilance: Impact of Speed Limiters and Cruise Control on Drivers' Vigilance. André Dufour, University of Strasbourg, France An Overview of Promising and Not Promising Countermeasures. Anna Anund, VTI, Sweden Eyes on the Road: Technology to Detect Distraction and Fatigue. Kyriakos Vavalidis, Autoliv Innovative Countermeasures for Driver Fatigue. Gerard Waldron,
Australian Road Research Board (Arrb) Group, Australia Background The International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 54 member countries. It acts as a strategic think thank with the objective of helping shape the transport policy agenda. Road safety is a core concern. The Seminar addresd two rising concerns which are the impact of distracted driving and sleepiness on road safety. The use of mobile and on-board information and communications technology in vehicles raises serious concerns about their impact on driving performance in relation to road safety. They also impact the travel behaviour of non-motorised road users (cyclists and pedestrians). The rise in the use of such devices has been rapid and relatively recent. Policy responses differ between jurisdictions and recent developments make this is a good time to compare policies and take stock of the research on distraction and its impact on road safety. Fatigue or sleepiness is also a growing concern in several ITF countries and often ranked as a major contributing factor in fatal and injury crashes. As distraction, it also poses problems for observation, monitoring and reporting. Both sources of impairment were examined at the seminar. The Seminar involved key stakeholders, including researchers, policy advisors, industry, police, user associations to highlight latest knowledge on these emerging road safety issues, and discuss forthcoming developments in regulation, vehicle and IT technology that have an impact on distraction and fatigue. The Seminar was held during the
Transport Research Arena (TRA), which is the major European Conference for Transportation researchers. Objectives and focus The objectives of the Seminar were to discuss latest research work in ITF countries to better understand the impact of distraction and fatigue on driving performance and road safety and identify measures that can help in the short and longer term in mitigating the effects on crash occurrence. In particular, the Seminar examined to the following questions:
Challenge of the Human Machine Interface. Alan Stevens, Transport Research Laboratory, UK Investigating Driver Distraction and Drowsiness using Naturalistic Driving Data. Gregory M. Fitch, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, USA Distraction among Cyclists and Pedestrians. Marjan Hagenzieker, SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, The Netherlands Drivers’ Task Management of their In-Vehicle Activities. Markus Schumacher, BAst, Germany Dangerous Use of Communication Devices while Driving. Peter Larsson, Swedish Transport Administration Driving Assistance Technologies and Vigilance: Impact of Speed Limiters and Cruise Control on Drivers' Vigilance. André Dufour, University of Strasbourg, France An Overview of Promising and Not Promising Countermeasures. Anna Anund, VTI, Sweden Eyes on the Road: Technology to Detect Distraction and Fatigue. Kyriakos Vavalidis, Autoliv Innovative Countermeasures for Driver Fatigue. Gerard Waldron, Australian Road Research Board (Arrb) Group, Australia |
