Mobile phone use while cycling: Incidence and effects on behaviour and safety

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-42

  de Waard, Dick ^a   Schepers, Paul ^b   Ormel, Wieke ^c   Brookhuis, Karel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c National Reference Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Operator workload; Transportation safety

Indexed keywords

CYCLING PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MENTAL EFFORT; MENTAL WORKLOAD; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OPERATOR WORKLOAD; PERIPHERAL VISION; PHONE NUMBER; TEXT MESSAGES; TEXT MESSAGING; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE;

TELEPHONE SETS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOBILE PHONE; MUSIC; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY; VISUAL ACUITY; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK-TAKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949090472     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903381180     Document Type: Article

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