Cover Story
Dangerous distraction
Psychologists' research
shows how cell phones, iPods and other technologies make us more
accident prone and is laying the foundation to make using these gadgets
less dangerous.
By Amy NovotneyMonitor Staff
February 2009, Vol 40, No. 2
Print version: page 32
http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/02/dangerous.aspx
This is another
article from, Monitor on Psychology, A
Publication of the American Psychological Association. It is full of information and research that
is being done on distracted driving. The
section that I found most interesting was on Psychology Solutions. They have found, “that providing real-time and post-drive feedback to
drivers on how well they're doing behind the wheel will help mitigate
distraction. With the help of eye-tracking technology, Lee's team has
designed an alert system that monitors what motorists are looking at and warns
them when their eyes veer away from the road for more than two seconds.” (Paragraph
20) This reminds me of the super
annoying beep that goes off in new cars when someone in the car does not have
their seat belt on. I have always been
one who forgets to put my seat belt on right when I get in the car. With the help of the annoying beep, this is
not an option. If this new eye-tracking
technology were to be required in all vehicles and it had the same annoying
beep every time I took my eyes off the road, I would never look at my cell
phone again while driving! Here is a video I found from a company who is developing this new technology.
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