ACRS Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings

Driver Distraction Conference Sydney June 2005

The first international conference on distracted driving, held at Parliament House, Sydney, Australia, on 2-3 June 2005

The Australasian College of Road Safety gratefully acknowledges its partners— NRMA Motoring & Services, the STAYSAFE Committee, Motor Accidents Authority, the George Institute for International Health, and the Australian Driver Trainers Association—for their support of the conference.

The conference proceedings were edited by Ian Faulks, assisted by Michael Regan, Mark Stevenson, John Brown, Allan Porter and Julia Irwin.

The conference papers were first released as a parliamentary paper—STAYSAFE 67.  “Driver distraction: Proceedings of an international conference on distracted driving”—in June 2006.

The conference papers are organised as individual PDFs, and follow a sequential numbering series:

1.           Title pages, Introduction to the Australasian College of Road Safety, Foreword, and Driver distraction—an introduction, by Ian Faulks, Safety and Policy Analysis International & Julia Irwin, Macquarie University

2.           Welcoming statements for the first international conference on distracted driving, Sydney, Australia, 2-3 June 2006, from Paul Gibson MP, Chairman, STAYSAFE Committee, Tony Stuart, Chief Executive Officer, NRMA Motoring & Services, and Raphael Grzebieta, President, Australasian College of Road Safety

3.           Driver distraction: Reflections on the past, present and future , a keynote presentation from Michael Regan, Monash University Accident Research Centre

4.           Driver distraction: Breakdowns of a multi-level control process , a keynote presentation from John Lee, University of Iowa

5.           Driver distraction countermeasures , a keynote presentation from Peter Burns, Transport Canada

6.           A meta-analysis of driving performance associated with the use of cellular telephones while driving: Results and methodological implications, a general paper from Jeff K. Caird and Chip T. Scialfa, University of Calgary, Geoff Ho, Honeywell, & Alison Smiley, Human Factors North

7.           The effects of text messaging on young novice driver performance , a general paper from Simon Hosking, Kristie Young & Michael Regan, Monash University Accident Research Centre

8.           An exploration of the role of driver distraction in serious road crashes , a general paper from Susan McEvoy & Mark Stevenson, George Institute for International Health

9.           Key findings from focus group research on inside-the-vehicle distractions in New Zealand , a general paper from Chad Barker, New Zealand Ministry of Transport 

10.         Drivers' attitudes, awareness and knowledge about driver distractions: Research from two central Sydney communities , a general paper from Suzanne Baker, City of Sydney Council & Karen Spina, Marrickville City Council

11.         Regulation by design; not crisis , a general paper from Jill Jepson, Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd

12.         Driver distraction related crashes in New Zealand , a general paper from Craig Gordon, New Zealand Ministry of Transport

13.         Driver distraction – Traffic law enforcement perspectives , a general paper from John Hartley, New South Wales Police

14.         Crikey, it’s cognitively complex! , a general paper from Martin Langham, TRL Ltd. & Nigel McDonald, ARRB Transport Research

15.         Driver distraction: A review of the literature , a general paper from Kristie Young & Michael Regan, Monash University Accident Research Centre

16.         Low-risk training measures and driver distractions , a general paper from Jeff McDougall, Australian Driver Trainers Association

17.         ‘Visual clutter’ and external-to-vehicle driver distraction , a general paper from Jessica Edquist, Tim Horberry, Michael Regan & Ian Johnston, Monash University Accident Research Centre

18.         Roadside advertising—a driver distraction by design , a general paper from Harold Scruby, Pedestrian Council of Australia

19.         Driver distraction—a factor in level crossing fatalities , a general paper from Phillip Sochon & Steven Davies, Australasian Railways Association

20.         In-vehicle technologies, Advanced Driving Assistance Systems and driver distraction : Research challenges, a general paper from Chad Brooks & Andry Rakotonirainy, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety—Queensland

21.         Driver state monitoring to mitigate distraction, a general paper from Luke Fletcher, Department of Information Engineering, Australian National University & Alex Zelinsky, Seeing Machines Pty Ltd

22.         Technology and driver distraction—the need for industry guidelines , a general paper from Mike Hammer, Fiona Douglas & Daniel Tobin, Holden Innovation

23.         NOGOS with distraction , a general paper from Saul Jeavons, TRL Ltd. & Nigel McDonald, ARRB Transport Research

24.         Fatigue and coping with driver distraction , a general paper from Anne Williamson, NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre

25.         Investigation of the interaction between visual impairment and multi-tasking on driving performance , a general paper from Joanne M. Wood, Queensland University of Technology, Alex Capparo, Department of Psychology, Wichita State University & Trent Carberry, Queensland University of Technology

26.         Work-related driving and driver distraction: Using the Haddon matrix to identify and manage the distractions, a general paper from Will Murray, Interactive Driving Systems & Ian Faulks, Safety and Policy Analysis International