Motorists' use of hand held cell phones in New Zealand: An observational study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 748-750

  Townsend, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mobile phones; Observations; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BENCHMARKING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VEHICLES;

FIXED LOCATION; HAND HELD CELL PHONES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NEW ZEALAND; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646360180     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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