That simulation does not even come close to accurately simulating driving while texting. I don't want to admit how I know that. Maybe if you were trying to send a text while competing in a NASCAR event or something.
In the ET-texting-while-driving case, the data could be used to test whether design changes incrementally reduce the time drivers are distracted. It is theoretically possible that several of these changes may be combined to create a miracle device that is safe to use for texting while driving. No think-aloud test is going to parse out those milisecond differences, and an experiment where you compare (simulated, I hope) accident rates would need such a high N it would cost WAY more than an eye-tracking device. jz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44684 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
