Can you muti-task while driving?

[PCspeed3]

I found this cool game made by the UK government on another forum. See if you can pass the test, I failed.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/drivingchallenge/

Edit: click the car dash when it starts, the guy should respond when you hit spacebar

 

[JM1Protege]

ha ha dude that crap was hard!

 

[Big-Ben]

Haha, that was sweet. I passed though. =)

I guess I'm 'legal' to multi-task while I drive. Boo yeah!

 

[my3needsaname]

It's stupid!! I hit the spacebar as soon as she was done talking and that crap didn't register!!! Oh well I got that weird bunny and 30 pedestrian points. :/

 

[PCspeed3]

/\ How did you possibly manage to count more pedestrians than there actually were?? haha

 

[GhostMercury]

yea it told me there was 27 and thats what i put..o and I passed

 

[my3needsaname]

/\ How did you possibly manage to count more pedestrians than there actually were?? haha

Counted two of them twice I guess. That woman was a b**** though, like I hit the spacebar as soon as she was done talking and she's all up in my face like "fine, don't respond to me, see what happens...asshole." I'm sitting there like wtf? (strike)

 

[martin_nj]

she sounded hot, i beat one out to her voice whilst counting all the shirts =]

 

[AutoXRacer]

I got the number of peds right, but missed the bunny and missed hitting the space bar a few times.

 

[paylew]

It said I missed the space bar 8 times, I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. I also got 23 pedestrian points.

 

[mckraut]

I don't understand what counting pedestrians has to do with driving. As long as I don't hit a real pedestrian, I could give a damn about what he/she is wearing.

 

[CrazyT]

It's just trying to prove that humans simply can't multi-task and we focus on what we think is important. I managed a 100% ped count, but missed 8 questions because to me driving a car is more important than a cell phone. Maybe it was because my ex-wife is british and I automatically tune out the yabbering. When she said, "are you paying attention to me?", it sent shivers down my spine!

Being a cyclist/motorcyclist, I found this test neat:
http://www.dothetest.co.uk/basketball.html

At least they are trying to educated the masses about responsibility on the road. We just make stupid, uneducated rules and don't enforce them.

 

[mckraut]

[SOAPBOX] It's just trying to prove that humans simply can't multi-task and we focus on what we think is important. I managed a 100% ped count, but missed 8 questions because to me driving a car is more important than a cell phone. [/SOAPBOX]

There, put the proper tags in for you.

The color of a pedestrian's shirt isn't important to me, not hitting them is.

 

[CrazyT]

WTF is with the soapbox comment?! Lets see you make some type of internet driving test involving multitasking. They are trying to improve safety on their roads. There are a lot more pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists on the road in England than the US, and with the introduction of cell phones/texting/blackberry's into the "necessities" of life, it's gotten very dangerous.

 

[mckraut]

All I'm saying is I don't think this test is a true test of multitasking while driving, for obvious reasons. I doubt this will enlighten many people.

It's like putting someone on a slalom course and then failing them because they can't tell you how many cones were red vs. orange. I'm driving, I don't care what color someone's shirt is. I'm concentrating on avoiding them, other cars and objects.

 

[CrazyT]

Multitasking is multitasking. You can use the same video to prove that shouldn't compose a sonata while manufacturing widgets. The car situation is there to hopefully have it relate to people. I'm sorry it doesn't work for you.

 

[mckraut]

A better test would be to give you control of the car. But only in a stopping, starting and turning manner, not true acceleration and braking control. The up key makes you begin to roll forward and will continue to until you hit down, which will stop the car or one of the left/right arrow keys to turn the car onto a different street. Now get the lady on the phone and toss a GPS looking device on the dashboard and have it give you either audio directions or just arrow indication directions for each turn. Then throw the pedestrians on a crosswalk back into the mix and see how many of them get run over or see how many turns you miss. Also, introduce stoplights.

Multitasking may be multitasking, but I think for it to make an impact on people, they need to relate to a situation they can see themselves in.

Just my two cents

 

[CrazyT]

Multitasking may be multitasking, but I think for it to make an impact on people, they need to relate to a situation they can see themselves in.

Werd. (drinks)

 

[PCspeed3]

it just shows that when you are talking on the phone, not all of your attention is put into driving. Thus making your reaction time slower and attention to details on the road less percise. They should do nurburgring laps on the phone vs. off the phone and see who crashes haha.

 

[baopham04]

this s*** was fukin cool. even though i failed