State Regulation of Cell Phone Use While Driving and the Risks of Driver Distraction

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Program) (OR-FACE)
• Description:
  Legislation is emerging in several states related to the hazards of using a cell phone while driving. This report, prepared for the 2007 session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, summarizes an expanding body of research on driver cell-phone use and other distractions, and answers key questions likely to be of most interest to legislators. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Aging Behavior Demography Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Age-groups Behavior-patterns Demographic-characteristics Injury-prevention Mortality-data Mortality-rates Safety-education Traumatic-injuries

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039298
• Citation:
  Portland, OR: Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation, 2007 Apr; :1-20
• Contact Point Address:
  Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) Program, Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, L606, Portland, OR 97239-3098
• Email:
  orface@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health and Science University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  State Regulation of Cell Phone Use While Driving and the Risks of Driver Distraction
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a63c5b2a5926924709bbc8007c14b8adc4b2ce976dfa20b37fa92c710fc2d3c05bf92aaff1d789455f6efb2b7f15901d6ca39359fc128df562fc4df0c7de3d11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228638/cdc_228638_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 329.98 KB ]