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Driving performance while using cell phones: an observational study.

Tova Rosenbloom1

  • 1Department of Criminology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israsel. rosenbtl@mail.biu.ac.il

Journal of Safety Research
|May 13, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Using a hands-free cell phone while driving can decrease safe following distances. Longer conversations (over 16 minutes) also led to increased driving speed, regardless of driver awareness.

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Area of Science:

  • Human-computer interaction
  • Traffic safety research
  • Cognitive psychology

Background:

  • Cell phone use while driving is a prevalent issue.
  • Hands-free devices are often perceived as safer but may still impair driving.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of hands-free cell phone use on driving speed and safe gap keeping.
  • To assess the relationship between perceived cell phone disturbance and actual driving behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Naturalistic driving observation of 23 male adults over 90-minute sessions.
  • Monitoring driving speed and following distances during 10-minute cell phone conversations and 10-minute non-conversation periods.
  • Post-experiment interviews to gauge drivers' awareness of disturbance.

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Main Results:

  • Drivers significantly reduced their following gaps during cell phone conversations.
  • No change in speed for short conversations; increased speed for conversations exceeding 16 minutes.
  • Driver awareness of disturbance did not correlate with observed driving behavior changes.

Conclusions:

  • Hands-free cell phone use negatively affects driving safety by reducing following distances and increasing speed in longer conversations.
  • Current driver awareness of distraction does not mitigate the risks associated with hands-free cell phone use.
  • Further research into the cognitive load and its impact on driving performance is warranted.