Variables that challenge even focused drivers were all but negated.
TTI tested reaction times for focused drivers and then for those using cell phones by monitoring how long drivers took to react to a flashing light (which could symbolize an actual yellow or red light as well as a pedestrian unexpectedly crossing the street).
There has already been more focus on driver safety, and many drivers said they would welcome discussions about equipment that might lead to innovations.
Investigators will focus on driver fatigue and how passengers were protected, but may look into other issues once they get on the scene, he said.
Consumer concerns about privacy, along with the focus on driver distractions prompted by the spread of cellphones, mandate a conservative approach.
"Typically, the transportation secretaries are mostly focused on infrastructure and they don't have a chance to focus on driver behavior," said Jonathan Adkins, a spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, a group of state highway safety officials based in Washington.
"We focus on driver industries," he says.
(2) Road signs are of a fixed size and are generally located at the same place on the road to focus the driver's attention.
Here, I focus on driver transcription factors and their connection to tumorigensis in several tumor types through the alteration of the expression of their targets.
A great interest is focused on driver assistance systems using the head pose as an indicator of the visual focus of attention and the mental state.
