To gain insight into driver’s performance associated with the different format of text driving in various challenging conditions, a survey and a driving simulation experiment were conducted. The survey investigated the texting habits and driving experience of drivers through SuveyMonkey on the internet. The participants’ demographic information such as age and gender were collected in order to establish experiment parameters such as blocking and sample sizing. Participants were asked to give a personal rating of how they believe texting affects their own driving, as well as whether they have ever used hands-free texting or not. The driving simulation experiment aimed to examine individual’s driving performance with different formats of texting under various scenarios including break events, signs, and traffic rules. The designed experiment allowed a complete analysis of each participant’s driving performance given various types of conditions as well as different formats of texting. A detailed description of both the survey and the driving simulation experiment is given below.
Survey
A survey (via SurveyMonkey) was conducted on smartphones users to inquire about their use of smartphones while driving. The online survey gives us this opportunity to recruit people anywhere they are in the country. It also …show more content…
Following that, five questions were asked about the driver’s daily texting experiences, habits while driving, and experience with hands-free texting. They were also asked to provide a personal rating on how they feel texting while driving affects their driving. A total of 232 subjects, 122 females, 110 males, participated in the survey. Among them, 96 participants were in the 20+ age group, 79 participants were in the 30+ age group, 36 participants were in the 40+ age group, 21 participants were in the 50+ age
Survey
A survey (via SurveyMonkey) was conducted on smartphones users to inquire about their use of smartphones while driving. The online survey gives us this opportunity to recruit people anywhere they are in the country. It also …show more content…
Following that, five questions were asked about the driver’s daily texting experiences, habits while driving, and experience with hands-free texting. They were also asked to provide a personal rating on how they feel texting while driving affects their driving. A total of 232 subjects, 122 females, 110 males, participated in the survey. Among them, 96 participants were in the 20+ age group, 79 participants were in the 30+ age group, 36 participants were in the 40+ age group, 21 participants were in the 50+ age