MINDFULNESS, INATTENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN A DRIVING SIMULATOR

VALERO-MORA, P., PAREJA, I., PONS, D.; SANCHEZ M.; MONTES, S., LEDESMA, R.

IET INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET

Año: 2015 vol. 9 p. 690 - 693

1751-956X

The following paper will explore the link between mindfulness, driver inattention and a number of driving performance variables that were tested using the SIMUVEG driving simulator. Sixty seven subjects between the ages of 19 and 27 completed the MAAS, ARDES and ARCES questionnaires, and were evaluated in two driving performance measures: time to line-crossing and mean speed. The results did not show a correlation between driving performance and mindfulness measures; they did show low but significant correlations with driver inattention measures. A regression analysis suggested that the specific measure of driver inattention is a predictor of driving performance, but the more general measures are not. These results are relevant to the assessment of psychological variables associated with driving performance.