VALIDATION OF SMART PHONE APPLICATION FOR NATURALISTIC DRIVING RESEARCH

The Emmes Company, Llc, Rockville MD

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Abstract

The NICHD Division of Intramural Population Health Research (DIPHR), is collecting data on novice teenage driving risk. smartphones can be leveraged for driving research. G-force events and mileage driven can be captured using accelerometers and global positioning (GPS) technology. Theses measures form basis of calculating g-force events and rates.