Profiles in driver distraction: Effects of cell phone conversations on younger and older drivers

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 640-649

  Strayer, David L ^a,b   Drews, Frank A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAKING; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

CELL PHONE CONVERSATIONS; CELL PHONES; REAR-END COLLISIONS; SIMULATED DRIVING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISTRACTIBILITY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; CELLULAR PHONE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH; STARTLE REACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 13144293064     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.4.640.56806     Document Type: Article

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