Drivers' phone use at red traffic lights: A roadside observation study comparing calls and visual-manual interactions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-48

  Huth, Véronique ^a   Sanchez, Yann ^a   Brusque, Corinne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Distraction; Mobile phone; Observation; Situation awareness; Traffic light; Use strategy; Visual manual interaction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MOBILE PHONES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADSIDES;

DISTRACTION; MANUAL INTERACTION; OBSERVATION; SITUATION AWARENESS; TRAFFIC LIGHT; USE STRATEGY;

TELEPHONE SETS;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; CELL PHONES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84908425803     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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