The effect of mobile phone use on driving style and driving skills

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-465

  Bener, A ^a,b,f   Lajunen, T ^c   Ozkan T ^d   Haigney, D ^e  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Driver attention; Driver behaviour questionnaire; Driver skill inventory; Injury crash risk; Mobile phone

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

DRIVER ATTENTION; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE (DBQ); DRIVER SKILL INVENTORY (DSI); INJURY CRASH RISK; MOBILE PHONE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33750563051     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0116     Document Type: Article

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