HighlightsArtificial Neural Networks (ANN) models are developed to detect drivers’ engagement in secondary tasks.The SHRP2 NDS time series data are used to develop three models to detect calling, texting, and interaction with passengers.All developed models have comparable and considerably high detection accuracies.The models are promising for detection of the likely engagement of drivers in secondary tasks during accident investigations.
AbstractDistracted driving has long been acknowledged as one of the leading causes of death or injury in roadway crashes. The focus of past research has been mainly on the impact of different causes of distraction on driving behavior. However, only a few studies attempted to address how some driving behavior attributes could be linked to the cause of distraction. In essence, this study takes advantage of the rich SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) database to develop a model for detecting the likelihood of a driver’s involvement in secondary tasks from distinctive attributes of driving behavior. Five performance attributes, namely speed, longitudinal acceleration, lateral acceleration, yaw rate, and throttle position were used to describe the driving behavior. A model was developed for each of three selected secondary tasks: calling, texting, and passenger interaction. The models were developed using a supervised feed-forward Artificial Neural Network (ANN) architecture to account for the effect of inherent nonlinearity in the relationships between driving behavior and secondary tasks. The results show that the developed ANN models were able to detect the drivers’ involvement in calling, texting, and passenger interaction with an overall accuracy of 99.5%, 98.1%, and 99.8%, respectively. These results show that the selected driving performance attributes were effective in detecting the associated secondary tasks with driving behavior. The results are very promising and the developed models could potentially be applied in crash investigations to resolve legal disputes in traffic accidents.
Detection of driver engagement in secondary tasks from observed naturalistic driving behavior
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 106 ; 385-391
2017-07-06
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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