Drivers’ adaptation to mobile phone use: Interaction strategies, consequences on driving behaviour and potential impact on road safety

Driver Adaptation to Information and Assistance Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 173-196

  Huth, Véronique ^a   Brusque, Corinne ^a,b  

^a Cité des Mobilités   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation project; Driver adaptation stratey; Driving behaviour; Driving distraction; Driving performance; Driving strategy; Human factors; Interaction strategy; Maintenance and safety; Mobile handsets; Mobile phone use; Mobile radio; Mobile radio systems; Phone interaction; Plant engineering; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TELEPHONE SETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ADAPTATION PROJECT; DRIVER ADAPTATION STRATEY; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING DISTRACTIONS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING STRATEGY; INTERACTION STRATEGY; MOBILE HANDSETS; MOBILE PHONE USE; MOBILE RADIOS; PHONE INTERACTION; PLANT ENGINEERING; ROAD SAFETY;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 85011973192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1049/PBSP009E_ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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