In recent years, mobile apps such as Android or iOS have moved from simple mobile phones to the center of our digital lives, accessing devices such as television, clocks or even the car itself.
Tools like Android Auto or CarPlay promise to be the solution to avoid using the phone while driving, but it seems that the solution would not be much better than the original problem. Or, at least, this is what the research suggests.
Android Auto and CarPlay are more disruptive than driving on mobile
Today it is prohibited to use a mobile phone while driving, as well as driving under the influence of alcohol or other substances. The purpose of these prohibitions is none other than to avoid any reason that prevents them from losing concentration behind the wheel.
New research could set a precedent against applications that shift data from mobile to wheel, because they have shown some very interesting data that shows that Android Auto and Carplay can be a single threat behind the wheel.
In the IAM RoadSmart study, they compared reaction times, assuming that the average driver's response time was one second.
Beyond the recommended drinking rate, the reaction time was 12% slower, while after cannabis use, the time increased to 21% more. And then we get mobile operating systems:
- Smartphone:
- Free hands: 27% less.
- Typing: 35% less.
- Holding a mobile phone with your hands: 46% less.
- Android Auto:
- Free hands: 30% less.
- Touchscreen touch: 53% less.
- CarPlay:
- Free hands: 36% less.
- Touch screen touch: 57%
The worst thing to compare is Apple & # 39; s CarPlay.
Is this kind of learning available?
Given this kind of study, it makes sense that we have several ideas. There will be those who think directly that these programs are dangerous and should disappear, while there will be people who do not feel like these programs are so disruptive.
Ultimately it is something that relies heavily on the driver and how technology is practiced internally on a daily basis. Or at least in a hands-free way, which doesn't require us to stop paying attention to the road.
These figures should be signal to interface builders of these automotive systems. Since there are users that the use of technology does not punish their ability to respond, there is a group of people doing it, which should serve as a warning to simplify these programs before they can lead to something worse.
Remember that the most important thing when driving is getting there, and that no important message can be misleading behind the wheel. You will learn it where you can stand or reach your destination.