Crammed infotainment technology in vehicles is distracting automobile drivers: study
7 years, 5 months ago

Crammed infotainment technology in vehicles is distracting automobile drivers: study

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The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says. But Jake Nelson, AAA’s director for traffic safety advocacy and research, said drivers testing all 30 of the 2017 model year cars and light trucks took their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel while using infotainment systems. The test drivers used voice commands, touch screens and other interactive technologies to make calls, send texts, tune the radio or program navigation all while driving. AAA said drivers should use infotainment technologies “only for legitimate emergencies or urgent, driving-related purposes.” It also urged automakers to block the ability to program navigation systems or send texts while driving. “Drivers want technology that is safe and easy to use,” said Marshall Doney, AAA’s president and CEO, “but many of the features added to infotainment systems today have resulted in overly complex and sometimes frustrating user experiences for drivers.”

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Infotainment systems in new cars are becoming flashy, feature-packed distractions.
55 years, 2 months ago

Infotainment systems in new cars are becoming flashy, feature-packed distractions.

Slate  

You’re driving and you’re bored. “Today’s infotainment systems can be as distracting—if not more so—than personal electronic devices,” says Jennifer Homendy, the newly confirmed chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. It’s just confusing.” Another problem: Many vehicles’ infotainment systems revert to a home screen if a driver fails to complete a multistep task within a few seconds. Young people …

Driver Assist Systems More Harmful Than Helpful While Driving: Study
4 years, 3 months ago

Driver Assist Systems More Harmful Than Helpful While Driving: Study

News 18  

As the automotive world leans more towards technology in its mechanicals and gets more advanced by the day. With a slew of safety features included in most cars nowadays to prevent crashes, however, a new study has revealed that drivers are more prone to end up in one with the increased use of driver-assist systems overriding your natural instincts. According …

Connected Infotainment System More of a Distraction Than Support While Driving: Survey
4 years, 5 months ago

Connected Infotainment System More of a Distraction Than Support While Driving: Survey

News 18  

In-car infotainment industry, the system on your dashboard that gives you music, internet, Bluetooth, sat-nav, and lots more when you’re at the wheel is predicted to be worth £22 billion by 2026, up from £16 billion in 2019, according to the latest Global In-Vehicle Infotainment Report. It’s clear the infotainment market is growing rapidly, from augmented reality sat navs to …

US Transportation Department issues guidelines for in-car systems to reduce distractions for drivers
8 years, 4 months ago

US Transportation Department issues guidelines for in-car systems to reduce distractions for drivers

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The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday issued voluntary guidelines for makers of mobile devices, asking them to help keep eyes on the road by developing a “driver mode” that would disable some distracting functions in moving cars. “These common sense guidelines, grounded in the best research available, will help designers of mobile devices build products that cut down on distraction …

Voice commands while driving still distracting and risky, AAA study says
9 years, 5 months ago

Voice commands while driving still distracting and risky, AAA study says

LA Times  

Drivers who use hands-free commands remain distracted for up to 27 seconds after they have made a call or changed music, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Working with researchers at the University of Utah, the auto club’s safety branch found that this lingering distraction raises new concerns for using phones and vehicle infotainment systems. “The results indicate …

Texting while driving with Google Glass as distracting as phone: Study
10 years, 5 months ago

Texting while driving with Google Glass as distracting as phone: Study

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Texting while driving with Google Glass is a clear distraction on the road, says a study. ”Texting with either a smartphone or Google Glass will cause distraction and should be avoided while driving,” said lead researcher Ben Sawyer from the University of Central Florida. “Google Glass did help drivers in our study recover more quickly than those texting on a …

Apple to introduce speed sensors in cars to stop drivers texting at the wheel
10 years, 10 months ago

Apple to introduce speed sensors in cars to stop drivers texting at the wheel

Daily Mail  

Apple to introduce speed sensors in cars to stop drivers texting at the wheel Electronic giants would use sensors to bar messaging apps A patent filed with US authorities would include 'lockout mechanisms' Plans include devices installed both in the car and the phone Sensors would be able to detect whether the user is travelling at speed Texting from behind …

Behind the Wheel, Not All Distractions Are Equal
13 years ago

Behind the Wheel, Not All Distractions Are Equal

Wired  

As carmakers and lawmakers draw up plans for combating distracted driving, new research from MIT shows that drivers can lose focus even with their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel. Even when drivers completed a task as simple as repeating back a single digit number, the researchers detected a marked increase in "gaze concentration" -- when …

Texting While Driving Still Popular - And Dangerous
13 years, 3 months ago

Texting While Driving Still Popular - And Dangerous

NPR  

Texting While Driving Still Popular - And Dangerous Enlarge this image Pat Wellenbach/ASSOCIATED PRESS Pat Wellenbach/ASSOCIATED PRESS The government is out with a new study showing that people continue to text while driving, even as more states ban the practice. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked 6,000 people last year about their phone habits behind the wheel, and discovered …

New Infotainment Options to Ease Road Rage
17 years, 6 months ago

New Infotainment Options to Ease Road Rage

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Manufacturers are looking at new ways of combining infotainment features in cars so that drivers can use time spent in a traffic jam more effectively. Car parts supplier Siemens VDO is presenting systems linking the mobile phone, MP3 Player or mobile Internet with vehicles’ onboard computers at the Frankfurt Motor Show from September 13 to 23. BMW said it was …

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