European NCAP program developments to address driver distraction, drowsiness and sudden sickness

R Fredriksson, MG Lenné, S van Montfort… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Driver distraction and drowsiness remain significant contributors to death and serious injury
on our roads and are long standing issues in road safety strategies around the world. With …

Effect of CannEpil® on simulated driving performance and co-monitoring of ocular activity: A randomised controlled trial

B Manning, AC Hayley, S Catchlove… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Medicinal cannabis products containing Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are
increasingly accessible. Yet, policy guidelines regarding fitness to drive are lacking, and …

What Do You See in Vehicle? Comprehensive Vision Solution for In-Vehicle Gaze Estimation

Y Cheng, Y Zhu, Z Wang, H Hao… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Driver's eye gaze holds a wealth of cognitive and intentional cues crucial for intelligent
vehicles. Despite its significance research on in-vehicle gaze estimation remains limited due …

[HTML][HTML] Driving impairment and altered ocular activity under the effects of alprazolam and alcohol: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

B Aitken, AC Hayley, TC Ford, L Geier… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Alprazolam, also known by trade-name Xanax, is regularly detected along with
alcohol in blood samples of drivers injured or killed in traffic collisions. While their co …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding drivers' perspectives on the use of driver monitoring systems during automated driving: Findings from a qualitative focus group study

R Coyne, M Hanlon, AF Smeaton, P Corcoran… - … research part F: traffic …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ability to measure psychological states such as fatigue will become increasingly
important with the introduction of automated driving systems (ADS) to everyday driving …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of alcohol and automation on drivers' visual behavior during test track driving

E Tivesten, V Broo, ML Aust - … research part F: traffic psychology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Driving under the influence of alcohol severely increases crash risk. Impairment
detection during driving is therefore key to improve traffic safety. However, future detection …

The incidence and temporal patterns of use of amphetamine-type stimulant use in traffic-related ambulance attendances from 2015 to 2020 in Victoria, Australia

AC Hayley, RP Ogeil, A Faulkner, N Beard… - Journal of studies on …, 2023 - jsad.com
Objective: Amphetamine-type stimulants are increasingly implicated in road trauma
incidents. Although ambulances are typically first to attend these emergencies, limited …

[HTML][HTML] A gaze-based driver distraction countermeasure: Comparing effects of multimodal alerts on driver's behavior and visual attention

J Lachance-Tremblay, Z Tkiouat, PM Léger… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study, introduces and evaluates different countermeasures using real-time eye-tracking
data. The countermeasures detect when driver gaze deviates from the road for longer than a …

The influence of train driver's foreign body penetration experience on hazard perception sensitivity: the mediating role of sustained attention

J Ma, Y Wang, M Xia, Z Guo, Z Li, J Zhang… - Cognition, Technology & …, 2024 - Springer
Foreign object encroachment is the presence of persons or items in the contact network and
railroad track area, which can result in accidents, electrical failures, and train damage on the …

Evaluating Driver Readiness in Conditionally Automated Vehicles from Eye-Tracking Data and Head Pose

M Kazemi, M Rezaei, M Azarmi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.11284, 2024 - arxiv.org
As automated driving technology advances, the role of the driver to resume control of the
vehicle in conditionally automated vehicles becomes increasingly critical. In the SAE Level 3 …