An Assessment of Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Distraction Using Naturalistic Driving Data

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 612-619

  Hickman, Jeffrey S ^a   Hanowski, Richard J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus; Commercial vehicle; Distraction; Naturalistic driving; Odds ratio; Truck

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; COMMERCE; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84869466216     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.683841     Document Type: Article

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