We feel that the results we have discussed demonstrate the significant potential for eyes-on-road distraction-related driving impairments. It should be clear now that eyes-off-road phenomena are not sufficient to explain all distraction-related incidents and crashes on the road. We have discussed many other factors that do not necessarily take the eyes off the road but that do contribute to distraction related impairments in driving performance. For example, distracted drivers whose eyes are still on the road do not necessarily perceive and/or encode objects they fixate on,2 are more likely to not respond to traffic events,3 make more risky judgments of how to proceed safely through gaps and
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