Re-Focus: Effects of Distracted Driving

Overview

Objectives/Goals To determine whether distractions affect a persons abillity to operate a motor vhicle. Methods/Materials Mterials- table,projector,froza motorsports 4 video game, xbox, steering wheel, gas/break pedal,flash cards (color coded), loading straps, test subjects cell phones, questionaires. Mthod-I tested 30 test subjects at 7 test each to see the affects of distractions while operating a motor vehicle. Results When comparing the times and speeds of the undistracted test to the other distractions; in-vehicloe, talking on the phone, and texting, the numbers showed that texting while driving showed the biggest imparement of distractions. This is because it takes a portion of the three skills needed to operate a moror vehicle; cognitive, visual, and manual skills away to text. Conclusions/Discussion Divers who use their cell-phone or an in-vehicle distraction show a measurable level of imparements. while drivers showed that texting while driving was the biggest distraction on the road, all distractions show asignificant amount of a distracting level and should NOT be done while operating a motor vehicle.

Competition history

• CSEF 2013 Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) · Entry J0798

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