Investigating the relationship between cellular phone use and traffic safety

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 38-42

  Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; BRAKING; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; DRIVING SIMULATION TESTS;

TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

EID: 0142123118     PISSN: 01628178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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