Impact of headway distance and car speed on drivers' decisions to answer an incoming call.

Conclusions: Headway distance and car speed can be used by in-vehicle information systems (IVIS) to warn drivers against using a mobile phone in certain traffic situations. Traffic safety campaigns for young drivers should focus on keeping safe headway distance and speed while driving. PMID: 23944976 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23944976?dopt=Abstract

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - August 20, 2013 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Pouyakian M, Mahabadi HA, Yazdi SM, Hajizadeh E, Nahvi A Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research

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