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Despina Stavrinos¹, Peyton R Mosley¹, Shannon M Wittig¹

¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170.

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Area of Science:

Road safety
Human-computer interaction
Cognitive psychology

Background:

Driver distraction contributes to motor vehicle collisions.
Billboards are suspected contributors to driver distraction, but research is limited.
Understanding visual attention to billboards is crucial for road safety.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the impact of different billboard types (static, digital with varying transition times) on driver visual behavior.
To assess how driver age groups (teen, middle-aged, older) influence visual attention to billboards.
To investigate the relationship between billboard characteristics, driver age, and visual attention metrics.

Main Methods:

Utilized a driving simulator to control environmental variables.
Recorded visual behavior, including time spent looking at billboards, glance duration, and frequency.
Compared visual attention patterns across three age groups and four billboard conditions.

Main Results:

Significant differences in visual behavior were observed between teen drivers and other age groups.
An interaction effect showed that drivers spent more time looking at digital billboards with longer transition times.
Older adults, however, focused more on static billboards compared to digital ones.

Conclusions:

Driver age significantly influences visual attention to billboards.
Digital billboard transition time affects how long drivers look at them, with notable age-related differences.
Findings provide a foundation for future research on how visual scanning patterns of young drivers impact driving safety.