TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of cell phone use while driving and its impact on driving performance, focusing on near-crash risk
T2 - A survey study in Tehran
AU - Nasr Esfahani, Hossein
AU - Arvin, Ramin
AU - Song, Ziqi
AU - Sze, N. N.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This study aims to investigate driver attitudes toward and prevalence of cell phone use while driving among Iranian drivers. An online survey was conducted in Tehran, Iran, which resulted in 824 responses. Among those, 567 respondents (63.8% male; 36.1% female) have answered all the questions. These responses formed our data set, which contains driver attitudes, consequences, and driver involvement in various reckless behaviors pertaining to the use of mobile phones while driving. Overall, 88% of respondents use cell phones while driving. They either make calls, answer calls, read text messages, or write text messages, along with other possible types of usage such as navigating and reading news. About half of the participants (51%) reported experiencing near-crashes. In addition, 13.3% reported that they experienced vehicle crashes. Statistical models are also used to investigate the safety impacts of cell phone use while driving using the occurrence of near-crash experiences as the response variable. The results demonstrate a significant association between the occurrence of near-crashes and cell phone use while driving.
AB - This study aims to investigate driver attitudes toward and prevalence of cell phone use while driving among Iranian drivers. An online survey was conducted in Tehran, Iran, which resulted in 824 responses. Among those, 567 respondents (63.8% male; 36.1% female) have answered all the questions. These responses formed our data set, which contains driver attitudes, consequences, and driver involvement in various reckless behaviors pertaining to the use of mobile phones while driving. Overall, 88% of respondents use cell phones while driving. They either make calls, answer calls, read text messages, or write text messages, along with other possible types of usage such as navigating and reading news. About half of the participants (51%) reported experiencing near-crashes. In addition, 13.3% reported that they experienced vehicle crashes. Statistical models are also used to investigate the safety impacts of cell phone use while driving using the occurrence of near-crash experiences as the response variable. The results demonstrate a significant association between the occurrence of near-crashes and cell phone use while driving.
KW - cell phone use while driving
KW - conversing while driving
KW - distracted driving
KW - Iranian drivers
KW - near-crash experience
KW - texting while driving
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076691145&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19439962.2019.1701166
DO - 10.1080/19439962.2019.1701166
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85076691145
SN - 1943-9962
JO - Journal of Transportation Safety and Security
JF - Journal of Transportation Safety and Security
ER -