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The Promise of Naturalistic Driving Realized:  Evidence From the Naturalistic Teenage Driving Study

Moderator – Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

• An overview of methods and key findings from the NTDS
  Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• Variability in Crash/Near-Crash Risk Among Novice Drivers
  Feng Guo, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• The Effects of Cortisol Levels on Novice Driver Crash/Near-Crash Risk
  Marie Claude Ouimet, University of Sherbrooke
• The Prevalence and Risk of Secondary Task Engagement with Novice Drivers
  Charlie Klauer, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Predictors of Crash Risk for Novice Drivers
  Johnathon Ehsani, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• The Synergy Between Naturalistic Driving and Statistical Methodological Development:  What Statistics Can Teach Us About Driving and Vice Versa
  Paul Albert, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Don’t Look Now: NDS Distraction Methods and Findings

Moderator – Chris Hayes, Travelers

• Re-use of FOT Data to Assess the Frequency and Impact of Distracted Driving
  Andreas Landau, Würzburg Institute for Traffic Sciences
• Drivers' Visual Behavior When Using Hand-Held and Hands-Free Cell Phones
  Gregory M. Fitch, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Examination of drivers’ cell phone use behavior at intersections by using naturalistic driving data
  Huimin Xiong, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
• A Complex Driving Scenario for Describing Safety-Critical Event Causation
  Naomi Dunn, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

International NDS Progress and Lessons Learned

Moderator – John P. Capp, General Motors

• Advances in UDrive, the First Pure European Naturalistic Driving Study, Compared to Previous European FOT
  Guillaume Saint Pierre, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks
• Canadian Naturalistic Driving Study
  Jon Hankey, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Shanghai Naturalistic Driving Study
  Shou-en Fang, Tongji University
• Data and IRB issues in International Naturalistic Driving Study
  Suzie Lee, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Using NDS to Improve the Health and Safety of Professional Drivers

Moderator – Martin Walker, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

• Evaluating the Sleeper-Berth Provision: Preliminary Investigation into Usage Characteristics and Safety-Critical Event Involvement
  Susan A. Soccolich, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Can cab engineering create passive improvements in driver sleep, health, and fuel efficiency?
  Josef Loczi, Innovative Ergonomics
• Examining the Relationship between Drug Use and Involvement in a Safety-Critical Event
  Matthew C. Camden, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Evaluation of feedback to truck drivers to increase safe driving behaviors: Preliminary findings
  Jennifer Bell, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Poster Session

• Senior Fitness-to-Drive Evaluation Using Naturalistic Driving Data
  Jon Antin, VTTI
• Personality and Crash Risk
  Fearghal O'Brien, NICHD
• Extending Naturalistic Driving Research to a Patrol Car: A Pilot Project
  Teena Garrison, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University
• Analysis of Driver Behavioral Adaptation to the Lateral Drift Warning System
  Adam Lawrence Greenstein, Maryland State Highway Administration
• Using Naturalistic Data for Forward Collision Warning Design: Population Distributions of Time to Collision from the 100-Car Study
  Kristofer D. Kusano, Virginia Tech
• Naturalistic Driving as a Tool to Better Understand the Self-Management of Driving of Older Drivers With and Without Visual Impairment
  Ioni Lewis, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q)
• Successful Elements in a Health and Wellness Program for Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers
  Erin Mabry, VTTI
• Naturalistic Cycling Studies: What Are They, and How Do They Relate to Naturalistic Driving Research?
  Tibor Petzoldt, TU Chemnitz
• Analysis of Mean Trip Speed of Motorcycle Riders
  Cameron Rainey, VTTI

Ongoing Novice Driving Studies

Moderator – Thomas A. Dingus, VTTI

• Why Conducting In-Depth Naturalistic Riding Study?... Examples from Rider Trainees and Novices in France
  Stéphane Espié, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks
• Using Naturalistic Driving Data to Examine Age and Gender Differences on Seat Belt Use
  Huimin Xiong, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
• Naturalistic Assessment of the First 10 Hours of Driving: The Supervised Practice
  Johnathon Ehsani, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• Teenage Driver Cellular Phone Use During the First Months of Driving
  Janet Creaser, University of Minnesota

SHRP 2 Student Paper Session

Moderator – Jim Hedlund

• Assessment of Psychophysiological Characteristics of Drivers Using Heart Rate from SHRP2 Face Video Data
  Abhijit Sarkar, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Crowd-sourced Connected-vehicle Warning Algorithm using Naturalistic Driving Data
  Alexandria M. Noble, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Naturalistic Drive Cycles Analysis and Synthesis for Pick-up Trucks
  Zifan Liu, Clemson University

The Road Perspective: Infrastructure Applications

Moderator – Catherine McGhee, The Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)

• A Systemic Framework for Studying Traffic Crash Sequence Using Naturalistic Driving Study Data
  Craig Thor, Federal Highway Administration
• Using NDS Video Data to Evaluate the Impact of Offset Left-Turn Lanes on Gap Acceptance Behavior
  Karin Bauer, MRI Global
• Time Series Analysis of Driver Behavior on Curves
  Bo Wang, Center for Transportation Research and Education, Iowa State University
• LiDAR: Another Potential Data Source
  Leslie Harwood, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

The Future: Innovative Techniques in Data Extraction and Analysis

Moderator – Lincoln Cobb, FHWA

• Automated Drive Analysis of Naturalistic Driving Studies with Looking-out Video
  Pujitha Gunaratne, Toyota
• Constructing a Distracted Driving Dataset
  Justin M. Owens, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
• Video-Based Measure Of Driver Heart Rate For Naturalistic Driving Data
  Johnny Kuo, Monash University Accident Research Centre
• Video Based Validation of a Maneuver Classification Algorithm for Naturalistic Driving Data
  Andreas Landau, Würzburg Institute for Traffic Sciences
• Weighted Feature Extraction for Driving Maneuver Recognition: A Study using Naturalistic UTDrive Data
  Yang Zheng, The University of Texas at Dallas
• Data Mining for Driver Behavior in Normal Driving
  Laurette Guyonvarc'h, Laboratory of Accidentology, Biomechanics and Driver Behavior