Effects of Age and the Use of Hands-Free Cellular Phones on Driving Behavior and Task Performance

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-558

  Liu, Yung Ching ^a   Ou, Yang Kun ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cellular or mobile phones; Distraction; Driver behavior; Driving simulator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; TAIWAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; TAIWAN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857936034     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.607197     Document Type: Article

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