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Using Technology to Prevent & Reduce Distraction Webinar for ITSA – HMI Working Group (8-24-11) Adapted from A Presentation To The USDOT’s Distracted Driving Summit 2010 Washington, D.C. September 21, 2010 By Linda S. Angell, Ph.D. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Center for Light Vehicle Safety VTTI Driving Transportation with Technolog

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Using Technology to Prevent & Reduce Distraction. Webinar for ITSA – HMI Working Group (8-24-11) Adapted from A Presentation To The USDOT’s Distracted Driving Summit 2010 Washington, D.C. September 21, 2010 By Linda S. Angell, Ph.D. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Using Technology to Prevent & Reduce Distraction

Webinar for ITSA – HMI Working Group (8-24-11)Adapted from A Presentation To

The USDOT’s Distracted Driving Summit 2010Washington, D.C.

September 21, 2010

ByLinda S. Angell, Ph.D.

Virginia Tech Transportation InstituteCenter for Light Vehicle Safety

VTTIDriving Transportation with Technology

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Using Technology ToPrevent & Reduce Distraction

A key is to integrate technology properly with both the driver

and with driving tasks

• If done well -- can help the driver focus

• If done poorly – can further complicate, interfere with, and distract the driver

VTTIDriving Transportation with Technology

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Positive Example: Integration With The Driver & Driving Environment

• Voice-Based Navigation & Route Guidance– System adheres to guidelines (e.g., Alliance Driver Focus Guidelines)– System is designed to support the driver in keeping eyes on road,

attention forward on traffic /route, and hands-on-wheel – System verified through testing for use in driving environment

Where canOnStar take you today?

447 Kerby Street, in Creston, Michigan

Okay, your route has been calculatedand your voiced instructions will begin in

a moment.

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Inadequate Integration of Technology With The Driver & Driving Tasks

• Example of Incomplete/Unsuitable Integration:

• Device not designed specifically for use while driving• Does not adhere to industry guidelines limiting distraction• Device not designed to support driver’s need to keep eyes and

mind on road – or hands on wheel• Device usage while driving not tested during development

HandheldCarried-In Device Showing VideoRequiring Two Handed Operation Continuous Gaze Away From Road at Tiny Screen

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Preventing & Reducing DistractionWith Technology

[Before Traffic Conflict Develops]Embedded

Training&

Safety Coaching

Lockouts

Hard Lockouts

Soft, Adaptive Lockouts

De-ClutteringTechniques

Remove unneeded

info from cluster

Simple Workload &

Dialog Managers

Info PrioritizationControl of Timing, Choice of Mode

Use of Delays

Improve driver focus

on keyInformation

TEC

HN

OLO

GY

PUR

POSE

EXA

MPL

ES

Introduced – 93/94 Saab 900

“Teach” smart choices during driving

Block usage of certain devices, tasks ,

&/or 3rd-party “apps”

Monitor workload on

driver & control info

flow

ComSense, Dialog Manager Saab 9-3

Feedback Function Locked Out

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Actively Assisting DriversWith Distraction Using Technology[During Pre-Conflict, Conflict, Imminent Crash, & Crash Periods]

ACTIVE DRIVER ASSIST

TO AVOIDCRASH

ACTIVEMONITORING

& SUPPORTOF

DRIVER ATTENTION

Trackdriver

attentiveness to road

+

alert driver to moments of distraction

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cue shift of driver

attention back to road

TEC

HN

OLO

GY

PUR

POSE

EXAM

PLES

Prepare &engage

a sequenceof

vehicle systems to

help driver avoid crash

(e.g., Lane Departure Warning

& Collision Imminent Braking,

etc.)

Driver Attention Monitor – Introduced 2006 Lexus (Japan)

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Real-Time Distraction Mitigation: Visual Distraction Alert

Volvo prototypes under study -- with NHTSA

From: Trent Victor: (2009); Volvo: Driver Impairment: Distraction and Drowsiness; Volvo Technology.

Adapted from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_Monitoring_Systemhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

+ Pre-

CollisionSystem

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Steps For Harnessing Technology Work is needed to:1. Support development of technology solutions to prevent distraction

• Encourage innovation, development• Evaluate technology solutions carefully to find those that are effective

• Optimize them to deliver benefits & to minimize/eliminate unintended consequences• Incentivize deployment

2. Integrate technology effectively with the driver and driving task• Assure that the driver interface for information and telematics systems MINIMIZES distraction

» Shared guidelines» Test procedures

• Assure that new technologies for assisting drivers are properly integrated » To prevent/reduce distraction & assist in crash avoidance» To support driver supervisory attention

• Engage all parties --including and beyond automobile manufacturers (portable device manufacturers, ‘apps’ developers, network providers)

3. Educate drivers to make smart choices in choosing and using technology – and to create a safety culture -- because even the best technologies can only be a partner with responsible drivers toward safe outcomes

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