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  • Traffic safety research
  • Human factors in transportation
  • Cognitive psychology

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  • Existing driver inattention definitions are difficult to operationalize.
  • Current definitions are often too strict, inflexible, or prone to hindsight bias.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new driver attention theory: minimum required attention (MiRA).
  • To define driver inattention within a framework of driving as a satisficing and partially self-paced task.
  • To overcome limitations of existing driver distraction definitions.

Main Methods:

  • Reviewing existing definitions of driver distraction and identifying their shortcomings.
  • Presenting the minimum required attention (MiRA) theory.
  • Suggesting methods for operationalizing the MiRA theory.

Main Results:

  • MiRA defines driver attention's role in shared traffic system situation awareness.
  • A driver is attentive when sampling sufficient information to meet system demands.
  • Inattention is defined by insufficient information sampling, irrespective of concurrent tasks.

Conclusions:

  • MiRA builds upon established driver attention theories.
  • It defines attentiveness requirements, avoids hindsight bias, and allows for satisficing and self-pacing.
  • MiRA offers a foundation for unbiased and operationalizable inattention detection and classification.