Cell-Phones, Distracted Driving, Bans, and Fatalities

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Author(s): Leandro Rocco (University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, USA & Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil), Breno Sampaio (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil)and Robson Tigre (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 11
Source title: Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Zheng Yan (University at Albany, State University of New York, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch104

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Mobile and Wireless Computing / Social Sciences & Humanities

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In this article the authors provide a comprehensive overview of the current scientific knowledge on the effects of cell-phone conversation on drivers' performance and safety outcomes. The authors construct a historic perspective in order to provide a well contextualized outline of the main approaches developed in this field, along with their associated findings, which should help the reader to comprehend both methods and results from the early beginning to nowadays. The text is structured so that the authors orderly address the most likely mechanisms through which cell-phones cause distraction, the association between cell-phones and road fatalities, and the effect of cell-phone bans on road safety.

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