Text messaging amongst New Zealand drivers: Prevalence and risk perception

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-271

  Hallett, Charlene ^a   Lambert, Anthony ^a   Regan, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell phone; Driver distraction; Legislation; Mobile phone; Prevalence; Questionnaire; Risk perception; Survey; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOBILE PHONES; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELL PHONE; DRIVER DISTRACTIONS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; ONLINE SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORTS;

TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84856806904     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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