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dc.contributor.author | Venter, Karien![]() |
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dc.contributor.other | Southern African Transport Conference (31st : 2012 : Pretoria, South Africa) | |
dc.contributor.other | Minister of Transport, South Africa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-19T08:45:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-19T08:45:51Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012-07-09 | |
dc.date.issued | July 2012 | |
dc.description | This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 10.1.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.za | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Paper presented at the 31st Annual Southern African Transport Conference 9-12 July 2012 "Getting Southern Africa to Work", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Road safety reports indicate that “the human” is the largest contributory factor in South African fatal crashes. Yet little is known about human factors in South African road safety. A better understanding of contributing behaviours such as distraction could assist in addressing road safety behaviour. Internationally a good deal of research has been dedicated to investigating the contribution that distracted driving practices play in crashes and near-crashes. This research paper provides an overview of how the Naturalistic Driving Studies (NDS) methodology was utilised in a small (non-representative) experiment to observe South African driver behaviour in an everyday setting. The findings provided insight related to a number of driver behaviour issues such as traffic conflicts, traffic violations and distracted driving. The most prominent distracted driving behaviours identified included: adjusting the radio, eating and drinking while driving (which led to uncontrolled steering behaviour) and mobile phone use. The focus of this paper is to disseminate findings related to distraction while driving in a South African setting. The paper provides an overview of the NDS methodology followed, findings from the experiment related to distractions and driving and concludes with the identification of possible research questions for future consideration. | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | dm2012 | en |
dc.format.extent | 9 pages | en_US |
dc.format.medium | en_US | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-920017-53-8 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20222 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Document Transformation Technologies | |
dc.relation.ispartof | SATC 2012 | |
dc.rights | University of Pretoria | en_US |
dc.subject | Fatal crashes | en_US |
dc.subject | NDS methodology | en_US |
dc.subject | Road safety reports | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Transportation | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Transportation -- Africa | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Transportation -- Southern Africa | |
dc.title | Talking, eating, drinking and uncontrolled steering: a South African example of distrated driving | en_US |
dc.type | Presentation | en_US |