Texting and Accessing the Web While Driving: Traffic Citations and Crashes Among Young Adult Drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-549

  Cook, Jerry L ^a   Jones, Randall M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citations; Crashes; Distracted driving; Texting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TEXT MESSAGING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CALIFORNIA; CELLULAR PHONE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXT MESSAGING; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857983790     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.620999     Document Type: Article

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