image text: Science Park Lindholmen, Göteborg, Sweden 9/28/2009 - 9/29/2009 Driver Distraction and Inattention Conference 2009

Lindholmen, GöteborgConferences & Meetings
SwedenVolvo Group

First International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention.
Arranged by SAFER and INRETS.

It has been estimated that up to 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near‐crashes involve inattention as a contributing factor, and that distraction is a factor in about a quarter of these. Distraction and inattention are therefore significant road safety problems, around the world. The contribution of distraction as a factor in road trauma is likely to increase as more distractions, inside and outside the vehicle, compete for driver attention. Read more

More about the conference at Chalmers website:
www.chalmers.se/safer/driverdistraction-en

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