Factors Moderating the Impact of Distraction on Driving Performance and Safety

Driver Distraction: Theory, Effects, and Mitigation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 335-352

  Young, Kristie L ^a   Regan, Michael A ^b   Lee, John D ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Epidemiology Units   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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