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Author
Katie J. Parnell, Neville A. Stanton & Katherine L. Plant
Abstract
The Prioritise, Adapt, Resource, Regulate, Conflict (PARRC) model of driver distraction was developed as an explorative model to capture the key factors involved in distraction from in-vehicle technology. The model aims to facilitate a systems view of driver distraction and the role that systemic actors have on the factors involved in distraction. This paper will detail the novelty of the PARRC model of driver distraction from in-vehicle technology, its development through grounded theory and further application to real world data collected from an interview study as well as a simulator and on-road driving study. The evolutionary steps the model underwent through these applications and what they reveal about the phenomenon of driver distraction is discussed. Furthermore, recommendations to practise are presented that target the actors within the sociotechnical system surrounding distraction related events that have been realised through the model and its application.