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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2017.23.2.131

The Influence of Smartphone Use on Marine Traffic Safety  

Shin, Daewoon (Graduate school of Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Park, Youngsoo (Department of Maritime, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Park, Jinsoo (Department of Maritime, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.23, no.2, 2017 , pp. 131-138 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lately, Internet-based vessels have begun to appear at sea with the development of ICT. Thereby crews have gained easy Internet access through increased smartphone portability. However, the side effects of smartphone use while on watch, have not been studied seriously despite being a reality. In this study, simulation experiments were carried out using a Ship Handling Simulator in order to distinguish the risks of using a smartphone while on watch. Proximity Evaluation, Control Evaluation, Subjective Evaluation and Situation Awareness to the dangerous situation were used to quantify risk during simulation, and analysis results were compared with cases when using and not using a smartphone. It was found that the degree of risk increased between 1.3 to 3 times given smartphone use. Consequently, this paper represents foundation for the restriction of smartphone use and proposes smartphone usage guideline for ship navigation.
Keywords
Smartphone; Ship handling simulator; Risk; Situation awareness; Proximity;
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