Assessing the long term benefit of banning the use of hand-held wireless devices while driving

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1586-1593

  Jacobson, Sheldon H ^a   King, Douglas M ^b   Ryan, Kevin C ^c   Robbins, Matthew J ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile accident; Cell phone; Legislation; Road safety; Wireless

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AUTOMOBILES; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RADIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEXT MESSAGING;

CELL PHONE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DRIVER PERFORMANCE; LICENSED DRIVERS; PERSONAL INJURIES; ROAD SAFETY; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; WIRELESS DEVICES;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; AUTOMOBILE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866020812     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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