THE EFFECT OF TIME OF THE DAY ON MOBILE PHONE USE WHILE RIDING MOTORCYCLE: REVIEW ON THE PERFORMANCE, ATTENTION, AND SITUATION AWARENESS

• Main Author: Permata Sari, Fita
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/52968
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia is the 3rd largest motorcycle user in Asia. However, the high use of motorcycle is also followed by a high number of accidents. One of the main causes of traffic accidents on the road is the use of mobile phones while riding motorcycle. Previous research has shown that there are differences in the prevalence of mobile phone use in the morning and afternoon. Although the use of mobile phone while riding is an important issue, there have not been many studies on how far the effects of mobile phone use have on motorcycle riding activities. The very high number of motorcycle users in Indonesia and the high number of mobile phone use while riding motorcycle in Indonesia indicate the need to study the effects of using mobile phone on motorcycle riding activities. In addition, the difference in time and the tendency to use mobile phones while riding motorcycle indicates that it is necessary to study the time difference factor in the activity of using a mobile phone while riding. Therefore, this study aims to determine the effect of time on the use of mobile phones while riding motorcycle in terms of performance, attention and situation awareness. The research was conducted with a quasi experiment on the road inside the Bandung Institute of Technology campus while still paying attention to safety aspects and the COVID-19 protocol. Participants in this study consisted of 20 male academic staff at ITB. In this study, the performance when using mobile phone while riding was measured by means of the average speed; attention aspect was measured from alpha, beta, and theta wave activity; while situation awareness was measured subjectively using the SART questionnaire. The results of data processing using analysis of variance (ANOVA) within subject design show that there are differences in performance, attention, and situation awareness when using a mobile phone and not using a mobile phone while riding motorcycle. The use of mobile phones while riding shows a decrease in performance and situation awareness compared to not using a mobile phone while riding. As for the attention aspect, a significant decrease was only found in the activity of using a mobile phone (picking up a phone call and ignoring a phone call) to the increase of relative band power beta at the right temporal. Based on the time (morning and afternoon), there is no significant difference in a person's performance, attention, and situation awareness when using a mobile phone while riding motorcycle. However, the performance, attention, and situation awareness when using a mobile phone while riding motorcycle are lower in the morning than during afternoon.