Longer term effects of New York State's law on drivers' handheld cell phone use

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-15

  McCartt, A T ^a   Geary, L L ^b  

^a Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^b Preusser Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR VEHICLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; AGE; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CRIME; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2142806697     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.003731     Document Type: Article

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