An examination of the factors that influence drivers' willingness to use hand-held mobile phones

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 365-376

  Rozario, Mark ^a   Lewis, Ioni ^a   White, Katherine M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural willingness; Mobile phone use while driving; Theory of Planned Behaviour

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOBILE PHONES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

BEHAVIOURAL WILLINGNESS; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; MOBILE PHONE USE; PERSONALITY TRAITS; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

TELEPHONE SETS;

EID: 77956970836     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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