Exposure to cold environments can impact complex task performance due to increased error from cognitive and physiological stress. Few studies have examined the effects of cold stress on driving performance or the potential for advanced driver safety systems to detect error. The current study aims to examine the effects of cold stress by way of skin cooling on driving simulator performance, and evaluate vehicle behavior metrics for possible dangerous driving detection systems. Driving under cold stress is expected to result in systematic vehicle behavior and driving performance error, which can be utilized for future safety system research and development.
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