TY - JOUR
T1 - Fair Game
T2 - Using Simulators to Change Likelihood of Distracted Driving at the Minnesota State Fair
AU - Downs, Edward
AU - Limperos, Anthony
AU - Strange, Stuart
AU - Schultz, Will
AU - Engberg, Annika
AU - Oyaas, Trish
AU - Gala, Daniel
AU - Bloom, Nikki R.
AU - Bloom, Kellen
AU - Harpster, Katrina
AU - Liu, Xinyue
AU - Petters, Noah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Eastern Communication Association.
PY - 2018/3/15
Y1 - 2018/3/15
N2 - Distracted driving is a problem on U.S. roadways. Strategic campaigns have tried to curb this behavior with varying success. Researchers are examining how distracted-driving simulators might be useful in helping to combat this epidemic. Participants (N = 193) took part in a pretest/posttest, between-subjects field experiment where they were randomly assigned to one of five video game driving simulation scenarios (e.g., texting/talking/two combo conditions/distraction-free). Results indicated that participants texting during simulation committed more crashes, fog line crossings, and speed infractions than those talking and those who were not distracted. Further, results indicated that the simulation experience led to reports of being less likely to drive distracted in the future.
AB - Distracted driving is a problem on U.S. roadways. Strategic campaigns have tried to curb this behavior with varying success. Researchers are examining how distracted-driving simulators might be useful in helping to combat this epidemic. Participants (N = 193) took part in a pretest/posttest, between-subjects field experiment where they were randomly assigned to one of five video game driving simulation scenarios (e.g., texting/talking/two combo conditions/distraction-free). Results indicated that participants texting during simulation committed more crashes, fog line crossings, and speed infractions than those talking and those who were not distracted. Further, results indicated that the simulation experience led to reports of being less likely to drive distracted in the future.
KW - Distracted Driving
KW - Likelihood Change
KW - Simulation
KW - Video Game
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U2 - 10.1080/08824096.2017.1406847
DO - 10.1080/08824096.2017.1406847
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038090776
SN - 0882-4096
VL - 35
SP - 121
EP - 130
JO - Communication Research Reports
JF - Communication Research Reports
IS - 2
ER -