What’s the law got to do with it? Legislation regarding in-vehicle technology use and its impact on driver distraction
What’s the law got to do with it? Legislation regarding in-vehicle technology use and its impact on driver distraction
Legislation in the road transport domain aims to control safety on the roads. Despite this, a critical issue affecting road safety is that of driver distraction. Although poorly defined, distraction is a significant road safety issue which, in part, is caused by the prevalence of technology within vehicles. Legislation surrounding the use of in-vehicle technologies are explored in this paper from a socio-technical system perspective. This reveals the wider context of the road transport system operating under the current laws using an Accimap analysis. A distinction in the law between the use of hand-held mobile phones, a device that is typically banned for use by drivers worldwide, and the use of other technological devices that are covered by more general laws against ‘careless’ and/or ‘dangerous’ driving was found. Historically, individual drivers’ have been blamed for distraction, whereas the systems approach shows how current legislation may have created the conditions necessary for driver distraction.
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Parnell, Katie
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Stanton, Neville
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Plant, Katherine
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March 2017
Parnell, Katie
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Stanton, Neville
351a44ab-09a0-422a-a738-01df1fe0fadd
Plant, Katherine
3638555a-f2ca-4539-962c-422686518a78
Parnell, Katie, Stanton, Neville and Plant, Katherine
(2017)
What’s the law got to do with it? Legislation regarding in-vehicle technology use and its impact on driver distraction.
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 100, .
(doi:10.1016/j.aap.2016.12.015).
Abstract
Legislation in the road transport domain aims to control safety on the roads. Despite this, a critical issue affecting road safety is that of driver distraction. Although poorly defined, distraction is a significant road safety issue which, in part, is caused by the prevalence of technology within vehicles. Legislation surrounding the use of in-vehicle technologies are explored in this paper from a socio-technical system perspective. This reveals the wider context of the road transport system operating under the current laws using an Accimap analysis. A distinction in the law between the use of hand-held mobile phones, a device that is typically banned for use by drivers worldwide, and the use of other technological devices that are covered by more general laws against ‘careless’ and/or ‘dangerous’ driving was found. Historically, individual drivers’ have been blamed for distraction, whereas the systems approach shows how current legislation may have created the conditions necessary for driver distraction.
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Accepted/In Press date: 21 December 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 January 2017
Published date: March 2017
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