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Hypothesis
If I test different driving distractions, then texting and driving will have the lowest score.
I can infer that texting and driving will have the lowest score because you must look at a phone to text.
How do different driving distractions affect how well a person drives?
I want to see what you should avoid doing when you are driving.
Every year approximately 1.6 million people in the world die in texting and driving incidents. Every day in the United States about 9 people die, and 1,000 people are injured in distracted driving accidents. It's not a good idea to text and drive because you could very well die, and it wouldn’t be good. I test them on: eating and driving, texting and driving, talking on the phone and driving, regular talking while driving, and regular driving.
1. Test subjects: 7 people aged 10-12
2. A Wii
3. A Wii remote
4. A Wii remote steering wheel extension
5. A TV
6. Pro Racing Street (game)
1. Turn on the Wii
2. Load the game
3. Attach the wheel to the Wii remote
4. Get your test subject
5. Give them a practice run to help them get used to the controls
6. Let them play no talking or anything distracting (51.43 seconds)
7. Have them talk to you while they play (1:01.48 seconds)
8. Give them food while they play, but no talking (1:10.12 seconds)
9. Talk on the phone with them while they play (1:31.43 seconds)
10. Text with them while they play (2:00.71 seconds)
11. Repeat steps 7-11 a second time for each test
12. Take the scores and calculate the average
13. Compare distraction scores to original score with no distractions.
From my testing, I found out that talking on the phone and driving was harder because of you have to use one hand to talk on the phone and one hand to drive. The most distracting was the texting and driving, which I understand because you must look at a phone to type. The least distracting was talking because it’s not the hardest way to multitask. I had a little trouble getting people to test because the test was conducted at my house. one point, the sound on the Wii stopped working but I played the sound from a guy on YouTube playing the game. I don’t think the sound issue influenced an effect my results.
I found out that the most distracting thing a person can do while driving was texting and driving (2:00.71 seconds). and the next was talking on the phone and driving (1:31.43 seconds). None surprise me because you must look at a phone to type. The least (besides the no distractions test) was talking and driving (1:01.48 seconds). My hypothesis was if I test different driving distractions, then texting and driving will have the score. I was correct!
The Information I got from the background is from this site:https://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cause-of-accident/.../cell-phone-statistics.html