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October 31, 2006
DASHBOARD DISTRACTIONS TARGETED BY CMU PROF
Maintaining that simpler instrument panels would increase auto safety. A Central Michigan University professor, Richard Backs, reportedly wants to
“help automakers develop better technology which would minimize driver attention failures and design dashboard devices that require less attention to operate.”
According to ConsumerAffairs.com, Backs is conducting “psycho-physiological tests of driver responses” using a desktop driver simulator provided by General Motors. "We are simulating how people use their attention while driving to better understand distractions such as navigation systems, cell phones and other portable wireless devices," Backs told the website. “Through our research, we hope to learn how to minimize distractions” from such devices as cell phones, radios and global positioning aids, he said.
Posted by MVHAP at October 31, 2006 04:48 AM