PSYC 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Distracted Driving, Green Scare, Mental Chronometry
16 Mar 2016
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9% of drivers at any given daylight moment are talking on a cellphone: 4-5x more likely. 31% of drivers (18-64 y. o) reported that they read/sent a text/email message while driving at least once in the last 30 days: 23x more likely. In 2013, 3,154 people were killed (424k injured) in crashes involving distracted drivers. The older you are the more experienced you are at driving. Young adults are 4x more likely to get in a crash than adults. (perfect storm; they constantly partying, using technology, more fatigue, overall less experienced that add to even more likelihood of crash) Radio group: had both groups do the task without anything, then next round they had to track it while doing 1. Strayer, drews, & crounch (2006) talked on a hand held cell phone, or a hands free cellphone, or while they were illegally intoxicated. Total accidents was significant in cellphone (only where accidents did happen)
