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103. Angry Drivers, Please Calm Down: Regulating Driver Emotions to Enhance Driving Safety
DescriptionElevated emotions, such as anger and rage, adversely influence a driver’s propensity for risky driving behaviors, contributing to more than 1/2 the motor vehicle fatalities in the United States. In simulated driving, we assessed the effectiveness of 3 emotion regulation interventions engaging different sensory channels: (1) guided paced breathing (visual), (2) calming music (auditory), and (3) the scent of lavender (olfactory). Anger and happiness were induced in 46 adults who participated in 2 nine-minute simulated driving trials, during which one of the interventions was introduced. In angry driving, the auditory intervention used in this study showed most promise by reducing the number of risky, “go” decisions at yellow lights by about 24%, reducing the number of red light infractions by about 81%, and increasing the time to collision with the leading vehicle by an average of 300 milliseconds.
Event Type
Poster
TimeThursday, September 12th5:30pm - 6:30pm MST
LocationMcArthur Ballroom
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