- Titel
- Behavioural Components of Maintaining a Minimum Required Attention on the Roadway During Non-Driving Related Tasks That Affect Safe Driving
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa2-1019312
- Konferenz
- 9th Humanist Virtual Centre of Excellence Conference 2025. Chemnitz, 27.-29. August 2025
- Quellenangabe
- The 9th HUMANIST Conference - Virtual Centre of Excellence - Chemnitz, Germany 27–29 August 2025
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.60687/2026-0025
- Abstract (EN)
- The present research aims to investigate the practical application of the Minimum Required Attention (MiRA) theory of Kircher and Ahlstrom (2017) in standardized test scenarios. This was done by assessing driver attentiveness in relationship with driver performance in a safety-critical driving scenario in a driving simulator study. Driver behaviour and compensation strategies while performing non-driving related tasks (NDRTs) were investigated in a car following scenario were the lead vehicle suddenly braked. The NDRTs were modified versions of the standardized Surrogate Reference Task (SuRT) presented at two levels of difficulty (easy vs. difficult) as well as with and without time constraints for completion (no time constraint vs. 4 s completion time) to simulate self-paced vs. system-paced NDRTs. Participants were instructed to engage in the NDRTs while driving if they felt that road and traffic conditions allowed them to focus their attention on the NDRT. Results indicate that the difficulty of NDRTs had a higher impact on safety indicators of driving performance than the pacing of NDRTs. The research findings (1) provide a scenario and associated performance indicators to evaluate the distraction potential of continuously presented self- and system-paced NDRTs and (2) highlight the importance to evaluate gaze behaviour in combination with driving performance in test scenarios aiming to determine a minimum required attention with an established link to safety risk.
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Distraction, Attention, Self-Paced, System-Paced, Safety
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 158
- Normschlagwörter (GND)
- Ablenkung, Aufmerksamkeit, Sicherheit
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz
- Version / Begutachtungsstatus
- publizierte Version / Verlagsversion
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa2-1019312
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 21.02.2026
- Dokumenttyp
- Konferenzbeitrag
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis
CC BY-SA 4.0