Passengers and Drivers reading while driving

This dataset is a naturalistic data collection that used the GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer sensors of a smartphone to collect this data while a driver or a passenger reading text on the phone. All data were collected while the car was moving, ie the stationary data was discarded. The data collection began in June 2018 and ended in December 2018. During this period, the 18 participants made 58 trips to collect data. All participants collected data assuming the role of driver and passenger. During our data collection, each participant created at least two files per category. In total, 58 files were created, 36 files containing sensory data instances collected while drivers read text messages and 22 files containing sensory data instances collected while passengers read text messages. The experiment participants had the autonomy to decide the appropriate time to read a text message. The only prerequisites established were:

* To read the text message only when the car is in motion.

* To read the text message by holding the smartphone with one or both hands.

The number of messages collected on a trip was different among participants. Distance traveled and traffic conditions were two important factors that influenced the number of data collected on each trip. The amount of travel was also different among participants. In this case, because it was a voluntary data collection, a participant had the autonomy to decide how many trips he would like to make. Each dataset file represents a trip made by a volunteer. The BEGIN and END tags delimit the beginning and end of each data collection that corresponds to the reading of a message.

Timestamp

GPS_lat

GPS_long

GPS_alt

acc_x

acc_y

acc_z

gyro_x

gyro_y

gyro_z

mag_x

mag_y

mag_z