Effects of Washington, D.C. law on drivers' hand-held cell phone use

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-5

  McCartt, Anne T ^a   Hellinga, Laurie A ^a   Geary, Lori L ^b  

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

^b Preusser Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular Phones; Hand Held Cellular Phones; Legislation; Motor Vehicle Crashes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVER; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARYLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 32844459496     PISSN: 10286586     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580500412853     Document Type: Article

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