Effects of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS) Tasks on the Information Processing Demands of a Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Driver

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dc.contributor.authorBlanco, Myraen
dc.contributor.committeechairDingus, Thomas A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWierwille, Walter W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBeaton, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:42Zen
dc.date.adate1999-12-31en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:42Zen
dc.date.issued1999-12-10en
dc.date.rdate2000-12-31en
dc.date.sdate1999-12-22en
dc.description.abstractThis study was performed with two main goals in mind. The first goal was to understand and predict "red-lines" and "yellow-lines" in terms of what the CVO driver can process without hindering the primary task of driving. The second goal was to collect conventional secondary task data for CVO driving performance. An on-the-road experiment was performed with the help of 12 truck drivers. Type of task, presentation format, information density, and age were the independent variables used in the experiment. The 22 dependent measures collected were grouped into the following categories: eye glance measures, longitudinal driving performance, lateral driving performance, secondary task performance, and subjective assessment. The findings of this study strongly suggest that paragraphs should not be used under any circumstance to present information to the driver while the vehicle is in motion. On the other hand, the Graphics with Icons represent the most appropriate format in which driving instructions and information should be presented for IVIS/CVO tasks. In order to avoid a high visual attention demand to the driver due to a secondary task, only simple search tasks with the most important information shall be presented. Although the suggested format, type of task, and information density represent a higher visual attention demand than a conventional secondary task, these characteristics seem to bind a task with a moderate attentional demand. Other combinations of format, type of task, and information density will cause an increase in the driver's attentional demand that will consequently deteriorate their driving performance causing unsafe driving situations.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-122299-195616en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-122299-195616/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36413en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAdvanced traveler information systems (ATIS)en
dc.subjectCommercial Vehicle Operationsen
dc.subjectDriving performanceen
dc.subjectInformation processingen
dc.subjectIn-Vehicle Information Systemsen
dc.subjectSafetyen
dc.titleEffects of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS) Tasks on the Information Processing Demands of a Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Driveren
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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