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The Impact of Navigation System Display Size and Environmental Illumination on Young Driver Mental Workload

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Yared T and Patterson P

Background: Driver distraction is a major cause of road accidents and has a great influence on road safety. In vehicles, there are many distracting sources; one of the most common is navigation systems. The navigation system can distract the driver due to searching for information provided through its display. While driving, the driver can get distracted when following the GPS directions and reading the GPS information provided by its display; these tasks are considered secondary tasks. These secondary tasks take the driver’s attention from the primary task of driving and may cause poor driving performance, increasing the risk of accidents. Methods: In this paper, the effect of the environment (i.e., urban area and rural area), the navigation system display size, environmental ill... view more»

DOI: 10.37532/jeor.2020.3(1).108

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