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Multitasking while driving: : A time use study of commuting knowledge workers to assess current and future uses

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Thomaz Teodorovicz,

Raffaella Sadun,

Orit ShaerAuthors Info & Claims

Volume 162, Issue C

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2022.102789

Published: 01 June 2022 Publication History

Highlights

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Commuting time mainly substitutes personal time in the day of knowledge workers.

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Knowledge workers already engage in unsafe multitasking while driving.

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Work-related multitasking is more frequent in the morning commute.

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Commuting currently serves as a transition - rather than a continuation-period.

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Autonomous vehicles will intensify visually/manually-demanding multitasking.

Abstract

Commuting has enormous impact on individuals, families, organizations, and society. Advances in vehicle automation may help workers employ the time spent commuting in productive work-tasks or wellbeing activities. To achieve this goal, however, we need to develop a deeper understanding of which work and personal activities are of value for commuting workers. In this paper we present results from an online time-use study of 400 knowledge workers who commute-by-driving. The data allow us to study multitasking-while-driving behavior of commuting knowledge workers, identify which non-driving tasks knowledge workers currently engage in while driving, and the non-driving tasks individuals would like to engage in when using a safe highly automated vehicle in the future. We discuss the implications of our findings for the design of technology that supports work and wellbeing activities in automated cars.

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