GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers
Many automotive industries are developing technologies to assist human drivers in suggesting wiser choices to improve drivers’ behaviour. The technology that makes use of this modality is defined as a “digital nudge”. An example of a digital nudge is the GPS that is installed on smartphones. Some st...
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| author | Raffaella Nori Micaela Maria Zucchelli Marco Giancola Massimiliano Palmiero Paola Verde Anna Maria Giannini Laura Piccardi |
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| description | Many automotive industries are developing technologies to assist human drivers in suggesting wiser choices to improve drivers’ behaviour. The technology that makes use of this modality is defined as a “digital nudge”. An example of a digital nudge is the GPS that is installed on smartphones. Some studies have demonstrated that the use of GPS negatively affects environmental learning because of the transformation of some spatial skills. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the use of the GPS nudge and its relationship with spatial ability, together with its function in supporting the driving behaviour of non-expert drivers, in order to reduce the number of road crashes. A total of 88 non-expert drivers (M age = 21 years) filled in questionnaires and carried out tasks to measure spatial abilities, sense of direction, driver behaviour, and six different real-life driving scenarios. The results reveal that the higher the spatial skills are, the greater the GPS use is, and that drivers who use GPS improve their sense of direction. Moreover, people with high visuospatial abilities use GPS more extensively. Finally, young drivers do not consider the GPS aid to be useful when they have no time pressure. The results are discussed by taking into account the familiarity-and-spatial-ability model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c145fa02831545febee66e7601b91dc02023-11-23T15:36:42ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-05-0112616510.3390/bs12060165GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert DriversRaffaella Nori0Micaela Maria Zucchelli1Marco Giancola2Massimiliano Palmiero3Paola Verde4Anna Maria Giannini5Laura Piccardi6Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, L’Aquila University, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, L’Aquila University, 67100 L’Aquila, ItalyItalian Air Force, Experimental Flight Center, Air Test Division, Aerospace Medicine Department, Pratica di Mare, 00071 Pomezia, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyMany automotive industries are developing technologies to assist human drivers in suggesting wiser choices to improve drivers’ behaviour. The technology that makes use of this modality is defined as a “digital nudge”. An example of a digital nudge is the GPS that is installed on smartphones. Some studies have demonstrated that the use of GPS negatively affects environmental learning because of the transformation of some spatial skills. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the use of the GPS nudge and its relationship with spatial ability, together with its function in supporting the driving behaviour of non-expert drivers, in order to reduce the number of road crashes. A total of 88 non-expert drivers (M age = 21 years) filled in questionnaires and carried out tasks to measure spatial abilities, sense of direction, driver behaviour, and six different real-life driving scenarios. The results reveal that the higher the spatial skills are, the greater the GPS use is, and that drivers who use GPS improve their sense of direction. Moreover, people with high visuospatial abilities use GPS more extensively. Finally, young drivers do not consider the GPS aid to be useful when they have no time pressure. The results are discussed by taking into account the familiarity-and-spatial-ability model.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/6/165non-expert driversdriving behaviourspatial abilitydigital nudgeGPSaggressive violation |
| spellingShingle | Raffaella Nori Micaela Maria Zucchelli Marco Giancola Massimiliano Palmiero Paola Verde Anna Maria Giannini Laura Piccardi GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers Behavioral Sciences non-expert drivers driving behaviour spatial ability digital nudge GPS aggressive violation |
| title | GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers |
| title_full | GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers |
| title_fullStr | GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers |
| title_short | GPS Digital Nudge to Limit Road Crashes in Non-Expert Drivers |
| title_sort | gps digital nudge to limit road crashes in non expert drivers |
| topic | non-expert drivers driving behaviour spatial ability digital nudge GPS aggressive violation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/6/165 |
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