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The use of a navigation device is essential to the work of Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) drivers. The Anti-Distracted Driving Act in the Philippines prohibits distracted driving on any public thoroughfare, highway, or street. However, it only considers the driver’s horizontal line of sight and does not specify the ideal location of the navigation device. This study involves ‘Uber’ drivers, which were asked to test three different locations for the navigation device: left side of the steering wheel, speedometer area, and right side of the steering wheel. The driver’s distraction level was measured using a Peripheral Detection Test with four light-switch mechanisms. Based on the results of the randomized complete block design and Fisher’s least significant difference method, the location of navigation device significantly affects the driver’s distraction level with the right side of the steering wheel being the ideal or least distracting location among the three.
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The authors would like to acknowledge Rean Salvio, Alfredo Cuison, Carlito Soriano, Anna Liza Lafuente, Recoleto Jamin, Paolo Salvador, Howard Riosa, Ricardo Morales Jr., Ritchie Negalbio, Joel Hallarces, Chino Cua, Arthur Quirante, Arvi Samante, Rito Villacorte, Victor James Bayan, Edwin Villanueva, Rjay Savella, Joebert Embile, Benjamin Dagalea, Rizaldo Hernandez, Franz Maynard Rentino, Romeo Halog, Keervin Natividad, Lemuel Barete, and Herwin Tiberio for their participation in this study. Special thanks to Janine Gonzales, Moebee Amores, Hannah dela Paz, David Zamora, Gary Orosa, Bobbie De Lumen, Rissa Correa, April Lim, and Wendel Domingo for their significant contribution in gathering participants.
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De Lumen, A.B., Lim, R.A., Orosa, K., Paralleon, D., Sedilla, K. (2019). Driver Distraction: Determining the Ideal Location of a Navigation Device for Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) Drivers in Metro Manila. In: Stanton, N. (eds) Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 786. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93885-1_50
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