Evaluating the impact of legislation prohibiting hand-held cell phone use while driving

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-193

  Nikolaev, Alexander G ^a   Robbins, Matthew J ^b   Jacobson, Sheldon H ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile accident; Cell phone; Driving safety; Legislation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; AUTOMOBILES; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SURVEYS;

ADDITIONAL DATUM; CELL PHONE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DRIVER PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SAFETY; PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT; PUBLIC DOMAINS; TRANSPORTATION POLICIES;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE; LABORATORY METHOD; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 76349090689     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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