The Scottish Government

2003

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE OF THE REPORT
METHODOLOGY
STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

CHAPTER TWO DRIVER DISTRACTION
STUDIES OF DISTRACTION

CHAPTER THREE THEORY
AROUSAL THEORY
BROADBENT'S 'FILTER' THEORY
PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOPHYSICS
AROUSAL AND UNDERAROUSAL
SPECIFIC VEHICLE AND VISION BASED EXPERIMENTS
CONCLUSION

CHAPTER FOUR STUDIES OF DRIVER DISTRACTION AND WHAT THEY FOUND
KINDS OF DATA: U.S. DATABASES
THE INDIANA STUDY
AAA STUDY
THE SUSSMAN STUDY
WANG KNIPLING AND GOODMAN
WIERVILLE AND TIJERINA
STEVENS AND MINTON
THE KOSTYNIUK-EBY STUDY
FIFE CONSTABULARY
CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE ROAD ACCIDENT DATABASE

CHAPTER FIVE INTERNAL TO VEHICLE DISTRACTION: MOBILE PHONES
KINDS OF STUDIES
LAB STUDIES
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES

CHAPTER SIX EXTERNAL TO VEHICLE DRIVER DISTRACTION
AGE AND EXTERNAL TO VEHICLE DRIVER DISTRACTION
ROAD TYPE AND EXTERNAL TO VEHICLE DRIVER DISTRACTION
WEATHER AND EXTERNAL TO VEHICLE DRIVER DISTRACTION

CHAPTER SEVEN SPECIFIC STUDIES: BILLBOARDS
THE LEGAL POSITION
THE STUDIES
THE NORTH CAROLINA STUDY
THE ADY STUDY
MADIGAN-HYLAND
NEW JERSEY GARDEN STATE PARKWAY
INFORMAL, SMALL SCALE STUDIES
MCMONAGLE (MICHIGAN) STUDY
HOLOHAN FIELD BASED ANALYSIS
OREGON STATE HIGHWAY
MINNESOTA RURAL TRUNK HIGHWAY
THE RUSCH STUDY
VERSACE
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
JOHNSTON AND COLE
HOLOHAN
CONCLUSIONS

CONCLUSIONS
ANNEX ONE REFERENCES
ANNEX TWO SEARCH METHODOLOGIES
GLOSSARY

LIST OF TABLES/FIGURES

Figure 3.1: The 'Yerkes-Dodson' Law
Table 4.1
Table 4.2
Table 4.3
Table 4.4
Table 4.5
Table 4.6
Table 4.7
Table 4.8
Table 4.9
Table 4.10
Table 6.1
Table 6.2
Table 6.3
Table 6.4

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