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Distracted Driving, A Major Preventable Cause of Motor Vehicle Collisions: “Just Hang Up and Drive”

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
For years, public health experts have been concerned about the effect of cell phone use on motor vehicle collisions, part of a phenomenon known as “distracted driving.” The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) article “Mobile Device Use While ...
Christopher A. Kahn   +4 more
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Innovative Framework for Distracted-Driving Alert System Based on Deep Learning

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
Distracted driving is the most common cause of traffic accidents. According to a World Health Organization report, the number of traffic accidents has been increasing in recent years.
Peng-Wei Lin, Chih-Ming Hsu
doaj   +1 more source

Incorporating the Theory of Planned Behaviour into Distracted Driving: Influencing Factors and Intervention Effects

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, 2023
This study focuses on the psychological characteristics and empirically tests of the factors influencing distracted driving behaviours. This information is used as a reference for an intervention on dangerous driving behaviours.
L. Zhang   +6 more
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Development and evaluation of a Bayesian network model for preventing distracted driving

open access: yesIATSS Research, 2023
Distracted driving is one of the most significant factors leading to fatal car crashes. Using a cell phone while driving is one of the riskiest behaviors while driving and is the cause of death for hundreds of drivers in the United States.
Ramina Javid   +2 more
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Distracted driving [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Distracted driving is a dangerous habit. While texting is most often associated with distraction in the car, other distractions include eating, drinking, grooming and passengers in the car.
South Carolina Insurance Department
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Final Report: What is known about distracted driving?

open access: yes, 2021
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) commissioned the Griffith Criminology Institute to undertake a review of the distracted driving literature and a related policy scan.
Bures, Emma   +4 more
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An investigation on the link between driver demographic characteristics and distracted driving by using the SHRP 2 naturalistic driving data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of driver demographic characteristics on the driving safety involving cell phone usages.
Jianqiang Wang   +6 more
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“Texting & Driving” Detection Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
The effects of distracted driving are one of the main causes of deaths and injuries on U.S. roads. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), among the different types of distractions, the use of cellphones is highly related
José María Celaya-Padilla   +8 more
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Co-driving: Passenger actions and distractions

open access: yesAccident Analysis & Prevention, 2020
Approximately one third of car trips involve one or more passengers and yet we know little about how the presence of a passenger helps or hinders safety and efficiency. To date, research in this area has focused on the possible distractive effects of passengers.
Samuel G, Charlton, Nicola J, Starkey
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Estimation of Lead Vehicle Kinematics Using Camera-Based Data for Driver Distraction Detection

open access: yesInternational Journal of Automotive Engineering, 2018
Distracted driving has become an emerging concern for road safety in the past decade. Efforts have been made to develop in-vehicle active safety systems that could detect driver distraction.
Fred Feng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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