IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/teinso/v66y2021ics0160791x21001032.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Cars and distraction: How to address the limits of Driver Monitoring Systems and improve safety benefits using evidence from German young drivers

Author

Listed:
  • Jannusch, Tim
  • Shannon, Darren
  • Völler, Michaele
  • Murphy, Finbarr
  • Mullins, Martin

Abstract

We are facing an increase in the emergence of distracting activities while driving. This is especially the case for young people who, more than other age groups, employ their cars as a place of personal fulfilment. This study proposes an interdisciplinary safe-by-design (SbD) heuristic to address this emerging risk. It harnesses a German version of the Behaviour of Young Novice Driver Scale (BYNDS) to gather representative information about young people's distracting activities. This information is then used to address to limitations of Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) and posit safety measures in the context of young driver distraction. Our novel approach reveals three recommendations that should guide the employment of DMS in future generations of cars. We argue that the sole use of DMS Type 1 (i.e. vehicle motion data) is not sufficient to cope with the complex range of distracting activities that occur inside the car. We suggest designers and technologists employ DMS Type 2 (i.e. cameras and acoustic sensors) as this makes it possible to capture rich information about humans, objects and their interaction. In light of concerns about data privacy, policymakers must act to regulate the ethical use of data from the inside of the car and to find the necessary trade-off between data privacy and the unnecessary attrition of young human lives. This research provides a reasonable foundation for this discussion.

Suggested Citation

  • Jannusch, Tim & Shannon, Darren & Völler, Michaele & Murphy, Finbarr & Mullins, Martin, 2021. "Cars and distraction: How to address the limits of Driver Monitoring Systems and improve safety benefits using evidence from German young drivers," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:66:y:2021:i:c:s0160791x21001032
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101628
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160791X21001032
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101628?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Paterson,Matthew, 2007. "Automobile Politics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521870801.
    2. Hough, Michelle G., 2009. "Keeping it to ourselves: Technology, privacy, and the loss of reserve," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 31(4), pages 406-413.
    3. Paterson,Matthew, 2007. "Automobile Politics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521691307.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Duggal, Angel Swastik & Singh, Rajesh & Gehlot, Anita & Gupta, Lovi Raj & Akram, Sheik Vaseem & Prakash, Chander & Singh, Sunpreet & Kumar, Raman, 2021. "Infrastructure, mobility and safety 4.0: Modernization in road transportation," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
    2. Webster, Craig & Ivanov, Stanislav, 2021. "Tourists’ perceptions of robots in passenger transport," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Tyfield, David & Zuev, Dennis, 2018. "Stasis, dynamism and emergence of the e-mobility system in China: A power relational perspective," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 126(C), pages 259-270.
    2. Jensen, Anne, 2013. "Controlling mobility, performing borderwork: cycle mobility in Copenhagen and the multiplication of boundaries," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 220-226.
    3. Sætra, Henrik Skaug, 2020. "Privacy as an aggregate public good," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    4. Yang, Hongjun & Zhang, Shengtai, 2022. "Social media affordances and fatigue: The role of privacy concerns, impression management concerns, and self-esteem," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    5. Veghes Calin & Acatrinei Carmen & Dugulan Diana & Palade Marius, 2011. "A Marketing View Over The Role Of The Public Authorities In The Protection Of The Consumers' Private Space," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 811-816, December.
    6. Merodio Gómez, Paloma & Ramírez Santiago, Andrea & García Seco, Gabriela & Casanova, Rosario & MacKenzie, Denise & Tucker, Christopher, 2022. "Ethics in the use of geospatial information in the Americas," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 69(C).
    7. Gordon, Michelle, 2022. "Solitude and privacy: How technology is destroying our aloneness and why it matters," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:66:y:2021:i:c:s0160791x21001032. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/technology-in-society .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.