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William J. Horrey
Technical Director
Biography
Dr. William J. Horrey joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in August 2017. An experienced human factors professional, Dr. Horrey has led or contributed to many research projects in the areas of driver distraction, driver behavior and safety, human-automation interaction, attention and risk perception. He is the past chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Vehicle User Characteristics Committee and the Publications Division of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He is also an associate editor of the Human Factors Journal and has served on many national and international committees and working groups. He received his Ph.D. in engineering psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Publications
Evaluating the impacts of vehicle-mounted Variable Message Signs on passing vehicles: implications for protecting roadside incident and service personnel
2023 // Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
Longer-term exposure vs training: Their effect on drivers' mental models of ADAS technology
2022 // Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
Driver expectations of a partial driving automation system in relation to branding and training
2022 // Human Factors
Age-related differences in the cognitive, visual, and temporal demands of in-vehicle information systems
2020 // Frontiers in Psychology
Does talking on a cell phone, with a passenger, or dialing affect driving performance? An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies
2018 // Human Factors
Automated driving: Safety blind spots
2018 // Safety Science
High risk of near-crash driving events following night-shift work
2016 // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Calibration of skill and judgment in driving: Development of a conceptual framework and the implications for road safety
2015 // Accident Analysis & Prevention