Survey
Two hundred and thirty two people participated in the survey. Based on answers obtained, 80% of the participants reported text driving for more than 3 years, 13% with 1 to 3 years of texting experience; and the rest with less than 1 year. Moreover, 30% of participant’s vehicles have an integrated hands-free feature for smartphones. Approximately, the half of them admitted using hand-held texting while driving, 40% have used both forms of texting, and the rest have used hands-free texting while driving. It’s worth noting that 90% of the participants agreed that any form of texting while driving has negative or very adverse effects on their performance. However, nearly 35% of them reported that they still frequently or very frequently do text driving.
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The results were analyzed using the ANOVA (with 95% confidence level) procedure and the results are explained below (Table 6). Among all three main factors, the form of texting, hand-held and hands-free, was significant with a p-value < 0.0001. Moreover, as figure 2 shows, hands-free text driving caused significantly less distraction compared to hand-held text driving. The other main factor that was significantly affecting drivers’ performance was response mode (p-value = 0.024). Drivers had better performance in read-only than response-required response mode (Figure 2). It is worth noting that the text complexity factor appears to be marginally significant (p-value = 0.059). In addition, there were only one two-way significant interaction effects between the response mode and texting form factors as shown in figure
Two hundred and thirty two people participated in the survey. Based on answers obtained, 80% of the participants reported text driving for more than 3 years, 13% with 1 to 3 years of texting experience; and the rest with less than 1 year. Moreover, 30% of participant’s vehicles have an integrated hands-free feature for smartphones. Approximately, the half of them admitted using hand-held texting while driving, 40% have used both forms of texting, and the rest have used hands-free texting while driving. It’s worth noting that 90% of the participants agreed that any form of texting while driving has negative or very adverse effects on their performance. However, nearly 35% of them reported that they still frequently or very frequently do text driving.
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The results were analyzed using the ANOVA (with 95% confidence level) procedure and the results are explained below (Table 6). Among all three main factors, the form of texting, hand-held and hands-free, was significant with a p-value < 0.0001. Moreover, as figure 2 shows, hands-free text driving caused significantly less distraction compared to hand-held text driving. The other main factor that was significantly affecting drivers’ performance was response mode (p-value = 0.024). Drivers had better performance in read-only than response-required response mode (Figure 2). It is worth noting that the text complexity factor appears to be marginally significant (p-value = 0.059). In addition, there were only one two-way significant interaction effects between the response mode and texting form factors as shown in figure