In-car cell phone use and hazards following hands free legislation

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Rajalin, Sirpa ^a   Summala, Heikki ^b   Pöysti, Leena ^a   Anteroinen, Pasi ^a   Porter, Bryan E ^b,c  

^a Liikenneturva (Central Organization for Traffic Safety in Finland)   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell Phones; Hands Free Legislation; Mobile Phones; Observational Data; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FINLAND; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MOBILE PHONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24144460516     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590969166     Document Type: Article

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