Effect of North Carolina's restriction on teenage driver cell phone use two years after implementation

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 363-367

  Goodwin, Arthur H ^a   O'Brien, Natalie P ^a   Foss, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone laws; Cell phones; Teenage driving restrictions; Teenagers; Text messaging; Young Drivers

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; HIGH SCHOOL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MAIL SURVEYS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; TEENAGE DRIVERS; TEENAGE DRIVING; TEENAGERS; TEXTING; TWO-STATE; YOUNG DRIVER;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE PHONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

TEXT MESSAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATE GOVERNMENT; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84861872773     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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