Does making a conversation asynchronous reduce the negative impact of phone call on driving?

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-20

  Bruyas, Marie Pierre ^a   Brusque, Corinne ^a   Debailleux, Sandrine ^a   Duraz, Max ^b   Aillerie, Isabelle ^b  

^a National Institute of Research on Transport and Safety   (France)

^b French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research   (France)

Author keywords

Answerphone; Attention; Distraction; Driving; Phone; Simulator

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SIMULATORS; TRANSPORTATION;

ANSWERPHONE; ATTENTION; DISTRACTION; DRIVING; PHONE;

TELEPHONE SETS;

EID: 56649100659     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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