scholarly journals Rethinking Cell Phone Use While Driving: Isolated Risk Behavior or a Pattern of Risk-Taking Associated with Impulsivity in Young Drivers?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5640
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Walshe ◽  
Flaura K. Winston ◽  
Dan Romer
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Related Personality

This study examines whether cell phone use stands apart from a general pattern of risky driving practices associated with crashes and impulsivity-related personality traits in young drivers. A retrospective online survey study recruited 384 young drivers from across the United States using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to complete a survey measuring risky driving practices (including cell phone use), history of crashes, and impulsivity-related personality traits. Almost half (44.5%) of the drivers reported being involved in at least one crash, and the majority engaged in cell phone use while driving (up to 73%). Factor analysis and structural equation modeling found that cell phone use loaded highly on a latent factor with other risky driving practices that were associated with prior crashes (b = 0.15, [95% CI: 0.01, 0.29]). There was also an indirect relationship between one form of impulsivity and crashes through risky driving (b = 0.127, [95% CI: 0.01, 0.30]). Additional analyses did not find an independent contribution to crashes for frequent cell phone use. These results suggest a pattern of risky driving practices associated with impulsivity in young drivers, indicating the benefit of exploring a more comprehensive safe driving strategy that includes the avoidance of cell phone use as well as other risky practices, particularly for young drivers with greater impulsive tendencies.

Distracted driving on YouTube: implications for adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey H. Basch ◽  
Christina Mouser ◽  
Ashley Clark
Keyword(s):  
Cell Phone ◽  
English Language ◽  
The United States ◽  
Distracted Driving ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Traffic Fatalities ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Video Sharing ◽  
First Time

Abstract For the first time in 50 years, traffic fatalities have increased in the United States (US). With the emergence of technology, comes the possibility, that distracted driving has contributed to a decrease in safe driving practices. The purpose of this study was to describe the content on the popular video sharing site, YouTube to ascertain the type of content conveyed in videos that are widely viewed. The 100 most widely viewed English language videos were included in this sample, with a collective number of views of over 35 million. The majority of videos were television-based and Internet-based. Pairwise comparisons indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the number of views of consumer generated videos and television-based videos (p = 0.001) and between television-based videos and Internet-based videos (p < 0.001). Compared with consumer generated videos, television-based videos were 13 times more likely to discuss cell phone use as a distractor while driving, while Internet-based videos were 6.6 times more likely to discuss cell phone use as a distractor while driving. In addition, compared with consumer generated videos, television-based videos were 3.67 times more likely to discuss texting as a distractor while driving, whereas Internet-based videos were 8.5 times more likely to discuss texting as a distractor while driving. The findings of this study indicate that the videos on YouTube related to distracted driving are popular and that this medium could prove to be a successful venue to communicate information about this emergent public health issue.

Impact of Cognitive Distractions on Drivers’ Anticipation Behavior in Vehicle-bicycle Conflict Situations

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1898-1902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yalda Ebadi ◽  
Ganesh Pai Mangalore ◽  
Siby Samuel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
The United States ◽  
Eye Tracker ◽  
Mock Cell ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Main Effect

Overall, the rate of vehicle-bicycle collisions is continually increasing. In the United States alone, bicyclist fatalities contributed to 2.3 percent of all crash related fatalities in 2015. In most of these cases, crashes occur due to distracted drivers who are unable to correctly anticipate the bicyclists at the hazardous locations on the roadways such as, intersections and curves. The objective of the current study is to contribute to the divisive literature surrounding cell phone use while driving by specifically measuring, the effects of a secondary mock cell phone task on hazard anticipation performance across common vehicle-bicycle conflict situations. Two groups of 20 drivers each, navigated seven unique scenarios on a driving simulator while being monitored by an eye tracker. One group of participants performed a hands free mock cellphone task while driving, while the second group drove without any additional tasks outside of the primary task of driving. Analysis of the proportion of anticipatory glances using a logistic regression model revealed a significant main effect of the mock cellphone task at reducing the proportion of such glances made by the drivers towards potential bicyclist threats on the roadway.

scholarly journals Psychosocial factors associated with the self-reported frequency of cell phone use while driving in Iran

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0249827
Author(s):  
Amir Hossein Kalantari ◽  
Seyedeh Monavar Yazdi ◽  
Tetiana Hill ◽  
Abolfazl Mohammadzadeh Moghaddam ◽  
Esmaeel Ayati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
A Cell

Cell phone use while driving is a common contributing factor in thousands of road traffic injuries every year globally. Despite extensive research investigating the risks associated with cell phone use while driving, social media campaigns to raise public awareness and a number of laws banning phone use while driving, this behaviour remains prevalent throughout the world. The current study was conducted in Iran, where road traffic injuries are the leading causes of death and disability, and where drivers continue to use their cell phones, despite legislative bans restricting this behaviour. A total of 255 drivers in the city of Mashhad (male = 66.3%; mean age = 30.73 years; SD = 9.89) completed either an online or a paper-based survey assessing the self-reported frequency of using a cell phone while driving. Psychosocial factors contributing to cell phone use while driving and support for legislation restricting this behaviour, as well as the Big Five personality traits, were also measured. Overall, the results showed that almost 93% of drivers use their cell phones while driving at least once a week, with 32.5% reporting they always use their cell phones while driving. Ordinal logistic regression revealed that the presence of a child passenger, age, perceived benefits and risks of using cell phones while driving, as well as the perceived ability to drive safely while using a cell phone, were strongly associated with the frequency of cell phone use while driving. As for personality traits—extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness significantly predicted the frequency of cell phone use in this sample of Iranian drivers.

scholarly journals Cell-Phone Related Injuries in the United States from 2000‒2012

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Saltos ◽  
Daniel Smith ◽  
Kristin Schreiber ◽  
Sarah Lichenstein ◽  
Richard Lichenstein
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
The United States ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Home Setting ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
National Estimates ◽  
Ed Visits

<p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Background: The incidence of injuries sustained by cell phone users other than drivers and pedestrians is not well characterized. </span></p><p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Methods: The National Electronic Injury Surveillance (NEISS) database was searched to identify injuries involving cell phone use in all settings. The study period was January 2000 to December 2012. </span></p><p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Results: We identified 515 records of ED visits related to cell phone use. 48% of injuries occurred in the home setting. Sixty-two percent of the patients were female; 55% were younger than 40. National estimates, derived from weighted case incidence, revealed statistically significant increases in the number of annual cases, particularly for injuries sustained while texting. Most injuries were minor, but 11% of patients required hospitalization. </span></p><p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Discussion: The estimated national number of injuries associated with cell phone use is increasing annually in all scenarios studied, particularly among pedestrians and while texting. </span></p><p class="western"><span style="font-size: medium;">Conclusion: Distraction is inherent during cell phone use. The injury risk posed by cell phone use must be an integral component of prevention strategies and product design.</span></p>

Personality and eating behavior in a food festival: understanding visitors’ loyalty from the perspective of food-related personality traits

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Chun Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Slow Food ◽  
Food Neophobia ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Related Personality

Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of visitors’ dietary habits on their acceptance of local food from the perspective of positive (e.g. local food involvement) and negative (e.g. food neophobia) food-related personality traits. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted on visitors to the Slow Food Festival in Taitung, Taiwan. A total of 327 valid questionnaire responses were collected and structural equation modeling was used to conduct path analyzes. Findings The analysis results supported all hypotheses. Food neophobia plays a key factor in moderating roles. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by integrating positive and negative perspectives of food-related personality traits. In addition, this study proposes that food neophobia plays a moderating role in food choice and behavioral decisions.

scholarly journals Mobile Phone usage while Driving

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S8) ◽  
pp. 121-122
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Authentic Assessments ◽  
Police Reports ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
The Way

This overview on social, preliminary, and authentic assessments exhibits a strong association between telephone use while driving and a rot in driving execution inciting an extended threat of accident. Notwithstanding the way that the issue of talking while simultaneously driving has pulled in the thought of governments at all levels, the authoritative undertakings to check PDA use by drivers have been not actually productive. [19],[21],[23]While vehicle producers develop progressively unique security features to keep up a vital good ways from car collisions and point of confinement the hazardous effects of setbacks, it is comparably basic to make monetarily sharp mechanical plans that can unequivocally recognize the driving technique for remote customers and help stop or reduce the use of telephones by drivers. Prosperity based security systems, in light of a consolidated driving watching structure, are furthermore generally expected to help safe driving practices, especially for starting at now tried energetic drivers. In order to play out a prevalent financial examination of restricting cell phone use while driving, it is significantly appealing to have exact uncovering of PDA incorporation in effects on police reports. [1],[ 3],[5]

Cell Phone Conversation while Driving

2015 ◽  
pp. 1307-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abu Sadat Nurullah
Keyword(s):  
Cell Phone ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Driving Behavior ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Physical Demands ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
The Road ◽  
A Cell ◽  
On The Road

This article presents a review of studies on the conversational aspect of cell-phone use while operating a motor vehicle. Research has indicated that talking on a cell phone while driving poses a safety threat to people both in the vehicle and on the road. This is because cell phone conversations take considerable cognitive, visual, and physical demands on the person involved in this task. However, research has also shown that people engage in risky driving behavior, even after being cognizant of the dangers associated with it. Therefore, policies need to be implemented to thwart the use of cell phones while operating a motor vehicle, to educate people about the risks that this behavior poses, and in so doing, to make the road safer for drivers and pedestrians.

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