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Anne M Foreman1, Jonathan E Friedel1, Yusuke Hayashi2

  • 1National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, United States.

Accident; Analysis and Prevention
|November 16, 2020
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Drivers text more often when the message is from a significant other, highly important, or while on rural roads. Understanding these factors can help prevent dangerous distracted driving behaviors.

Area of Science:

  • Transportation safety
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Behavioral psychology

Background:

  • Texting while driving is a major cause of road incidents and fatalities.
  • Drivers continue this behavior despite awareness of the associated risks.
  • Predicting and preventing distracted driving requires further investigation into decision-making factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the decision-making process behind reading text messages while driving.
  • To identify key factors influencing the choice to engage in texting while driving.

Main Methods:

  • A discrete choice experiment was conducted with 345 adult participants.
  • Participants evaluated scenarios with varying attributes: sender relationship, road conditions, and message importance.
Keywords:
Decision makingDiscrete choice experimentDistracted drivingTexting while drivingTransportation incidents

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  • Choices were analyzed to determine likelihood of texting while driving based on scenario attributes.

    • Main Results:

    • Participants were more likely to text if the sender was a significant other.
    • High message importance significantly increased the likelihood of texting while driving.
    • Driving on rural roads was associated with a higher probability of reading text messages.

    Conclusions:

    • Discrete choice experiments effectively analyze multiple factors in driver decision-making.
    • Understanding trade-offs in texting while driving decisions can inform prevention strategies.
    • Identifying specific contextual factors aids in predicting and mitigating distracted driving.