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Distracted driving * USA - Much more than texting
List of actions taken by truckers while under way
Ann Arbor,MICH,USA -Fleet Owner, by Wendy Leavitt -Oct 11, 2010: ... Back in November of 2005, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation and a private consortium led by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) began a multi-year project to develop an “Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System” ( IVBSS). One result of the ongoing initiative is the recently publicly released “Heavy-Truck Field Operational Test Key Findings” report... As part of the IVBSS program, participating drivers were videoed while behind the wheel to see what activities not directly related to the job of driving they engaged in, such as talking on a cell phone, eating, smoking or adjusting various in-cab devices... The resulting considerable list of the so-called “secondary tasks” recorded may be almost as useful as the testing of the safety systems themselves for what it reveals about work life on the road... Here is an abbreviated version of the list:
* Dialing the phone
* Text messaging
* Talking/listening on the phone
* Talking on or holding the CB radio
* Talking to or looking at passengers
* Adjusting stereo controls
* Adjusting HVAC controls
* Adjusting other controls on the dashboard
* Adjusting the satellite radio
* Adjusting the navigation system
* Holding or adjusting other handheld devices
*Writing on or reading the manifest
* Eating
* Drinking
* Grooming
* Smoking
* Reading
* Writing
* Searching the cab interior
Labels: driver distraction
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