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Road Safety and Mobile Phone Behaviors

Road Safety and Mobile Phone Behaviors

Junaid Ahmad Bhatti
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781466682399|ISBN10: 1466682396|EISBN13: 9781466682405
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch107
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Bhatti, Junaid Ahmad. "Road Safety and Mobile Phone Behaviors." Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1356-1365. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch107

APA

Bhatti, J. A. (2015). Road Safety and Mobile Phone Behaviors. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (pp. 1356-1365). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch107

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Bhatti, Junaid Ahmad. "Road Safety and Mobile Phone Behaviors." In Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, 1356-1365. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch107

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Abstract

Mobile phone use while driving is one of the major road safety risks. In surveys from different settings, the rate of mobile phone use while driving ranged from 1 to 11%. Literature from observational and experimental studies show that driving capacities such as reacting to traffic hazards, maintaining a central lane position, maintaining a safe distance and speed are negatively affected when using a mobile phone while driving. Several epidemiological studies suggest that motor vehicle collision risks increase by two to nine times when using a mobile phone (handheld or hands-free) compared to not using the phone while driving. Considering these findings, almost three-quarters of the countries have adopted legislation banning the use of handheld mobile phone devices while driving. These interventions, however, are insufficient to deal with the use of hands-free mobile phones while driving and texting which are challenging to ascertain and prevent. Currently, “in-vehicle” and collision avoidance technologies are being evaluated to further reduce the impact of these road menaces in our society.

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