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Content matters: towards handling e-mail while driving safely

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Sergej Truschin,

Tobias Schlachtbauer,

Andreas Zauner,

Michael Schermann,

Helmut KrcmarAuthors Info & Claims

AutomotiveUI '11: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2381416.2381420

Published: 30 November 2011 Publication History

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Advancements in information and communication technology make new IT-based services in the tertiary scope of a car driver (short: automotive services) possible like e-mail and social networking and are highly demanded by customers. However, if not well designed, these services have a potential to dangerously distract drivers from their main driving task and therefore increase the risk of road accidents. Hence, we studied the effects of an in-car e-mail client on drivers' distraction. A low fidelity driving simulator was used to test 32 participants on their degree of distraction while driving. In this paper we present the findings of this evaluation. Our results show that when designing complex automotive services like an e-mail client one of the crucial factors besides the user interface is to keep the provided content simple and well structured thus reducing the amount of driver's distraction considerably.

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AutomotiveUI '11: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

November 2011

190 pages

ISBN:9781450312318

DOI:10.1145/2381416

Conference Chair:
Manfred Tscheligi
University of Salzburg
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Matthias Kranz
Technische Universität München
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Garrett Weinberg
Nuance Communications
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Alexander Meschtscherjakov
University of Salzburg
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Martin Murer
University of Salzburg
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David Wilfinger
University of Salzburg

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Goffart KSchermann MKohl CPreißinger JKrcmar H(2015)Using the Default Option Bias to Influence Decision Making While DrivingInternational Journal of Human-Computer Interaction10.1080/10447318.2015.108574732:1(39-50)Online publication date: 15-Sep-2015
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