Risk factors of mobile phone use while driving in Queensland: Prevalence, attitudes, crash risk perception, and task-management strategies

摘要: Distracted driving is one of the most significant human factor issues in transport safety. Mobile phone interactions while may involve a multitude cognitive and physical resources that result inferior performance reduced safety margins. The current study investigates characteristics usage, risk factors, compensatory strategies use high-frequency offenders mobile driving. A series questions were administered to drivers Queensland (Australia) using an on-line questionnaire. total 484 (34.9% males 49.8% aged 17-25) participated anonymously. At least every two motorists surveyed reported engaging distracted Drivers unable acknowledge increased crash associated with answering locating ringing contrast other tasks such as texting/browsing. Attitudes towards usage more favourable for talking than texting or browsing. Lowering speed increasing distance from vehicle front popular task-management texting/browsing On hand, keeping low (e.g. driver's lap on passenger seat) was favourite strategy used by avoid police fines both Logistic regression models fitted understand differences factors conversations browsing/texting For tasks, exposure driving, experience, history (offences crashes), attitudes predictors. Future prevention efforts would benefit development safe literacy. Enforcement distraction should be re-engineered, evade enforcement seems dilute its effect this behaviour. Some countermeasures suggestions proposed design public education campaigns driver-mobile interaction.