title: Measuring the effects of visual demand on lateral deviation: a comparison among driver's performance indicators.
abstract: In this study we compare the efficacy of three driver's performance indicators based on lateral deviation in detecting significant on-road performance degradations while interacting with a secondary task: the High Frequency Component of steering wheel (HFC), and two indicators described in ISO/DIS 26022 (2007): the Normative and the Adapted Lane Change Test (LCT). Sixteen participants were asked to perform a simulated lane-change task while interacting, when required, with a visual search task with two levels of difficulty. According to predictions, results showed that the Adapted LCT indicator, taking into consideration individual practices in performing the LCT, succeeded in discriminating between single and dual task conditions. Furthermore, this indicator was also able to detect whether the driver was interacting with an easy or a difficult secondary task. Despite predictions, results did not confirm Normative LCT and HFC to be reliable indicators of performance degradation within the simulated LCT.
authors.affiliation: Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Scienze e Metodi per l'Ingegneria, via Amendola 02, Padiglione Morselli, 42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy. luca.minin@unimore.it
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Minin
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benedetto
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pedrotti
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Re
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tesauri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis