PURPOSES: This study analyzed the differences in drivers’behaviors and car movements between drowsy driving conditions and normal driving.
METHODS: This study analyzed behavior data from 32 participants and the related car movement data in a field test under drowsy driving and normal driving conditions. Acquired data were closed-eye time, distance between the test car and the left lane, distance between the test car and the right lane, driving speed, video clip of the driver’s face during driving, and so on. A total of 30 samples for drowsy driving and normal driving were selected once errors had been excluded.
RESULTS: There were three factors that differed between drowsy driving and normal driving conditions: closed-eye time, distance between the test car and the left lane, and distance between the test car and the right lane. These results were significant at the 0.05 level.
CONCLUSIONS : This study shows that there are three factors that vary significantly between drowsy driving and normal driving conditions that can be useful for detecting drowsy driving. Future studies should be designed with these results in mind, further considering, age, type of road, study site, and so on.