Associations between driving performance and engaging in secondary tasks: A systematic review

A.O. Ferdinand and N. Menachemi

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 3, e39-e48

Abstract: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature examining the relationship between driving performance and engaging in secondary tasks. We extracted data from abstracts of 206 empirical articles published between 1968 and 2012 and developed a logistic regression model to identify correlates of a detrimental relationship between secondary tasks and driving performance. Of 350 analyses, 80% reported finding a detrimental relationship. Studies using experimental designs were 37%less likely toreport a detrimental relationship (P = .014). Studies examining mobile phone use while drivingwere 16%more likely to find such a relationship (P = .009). Quasi-experiments can better determine the effects of secondary tasks on driving performance and consequently serve to inform policymakers interested in reducing distracted driving and increasing roadway safety.

Keywords: attention; car driving; high risk behavior; human; meta analysis; physiology; review; safety; task performance; United States, Attention; Automobile Driving; Humans; Risk-Taking; Safety; Task Performance and Analysis; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301750

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