Driver Distraction Injury Prevention Countermeasures--Part 3: Vehicle Technology, and Road Design

A number of design challenges are created by the proliferation of systems and functions that interact with the driver in the vehicle and the road environment. This chapter addresses the challenges that exist in designing systems and functions that minimize the impact of distraction on safety while maximizing the possibilities that are offered by new technology. It presents and discusses countermeasures that relate to the vehicle itself, the technology brought into or added to the vehicle, and the road environment in which the vehicle is traveling. The first section focuses on what designers of vehicle systems and functions can do to prevent distraction, both in the design phase before manufacturing and during driving (in real time). The second section deals with what designers of the road environment can do to limit distraction.