On the identification of the effect of prohibiting hand-held cell phone use while driving: Comment

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 766-770

  Sampaio, Breno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone; Driving safety; Identification; Legislation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CELL PHONE; DRIVING SAFETY; FATAL ACCIDENTS; IDENTIFICATION STRATEGIES; LICENSED DRIVERS; PERSONAL INJURIES; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH; UNOBSERVABLE;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956344730     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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