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2021 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Mediating Role of Driving Stress in the Relation Between Reaction Time and Risky Driving
verfasst von : Swathy Parameswaran, Aswin Ramesh, Venkatesh Balasubramanian
Erschienen in: Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021)
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Abstract
Psychophysiological studies have illustrated the role of stress in altering the reaction time in an individual. However, studies relating to driving stress and changes in driver’s reaction time are scarce. This study’s importance stems from the observation that driving stress is a critical causal factor of risky driving and on-road crashes. The study attempted to quantify the role of driving stress in altering the reaction time in drivers. Thirty subjects (Mean age = 24.56 ± 1.46 years, 18 males) volunteered to the study. The driving stress was induced by a highly congested urban simulated driving experiment. The reaction time before and after the simulated driving correlated with violations made during the simulated driving. The results suggest that risky behavior in driving stress could be attributed to impaired reaction time in drivers. The work highlights the importance of driving stress in congested roads and its implications of risky driving.