ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2006
Unsafe driving behaviour and four wheel drive vehicles: observational study.
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- SUV driving "masculinizes" risk behavior in females: a public health challenge.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2017Observational
- Seat belt and mobile phone use among vehicle drivers in the city of Doha, Qatar: an observational study.BMC public health · 2015Observational
- The Peltzman effect and compensatory markers in medicine.Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2014Article
- Policy guidance on threats to legislative interventions in public health: a realist synthesis.BMC public health · 2011Review
- Death on the roads: is unsafe behaviour due to the choice or the chooser?BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Article
- Death on the roads: article lacks logic.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Article
- Death on the roads: should we advocate daytime running lights?BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Article
- Death on the roads: perceived threat is important in road safety.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Article
- Death on the roads: no strong support for risk compensation.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Article
- Death and injury on roads.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the level of compliance with the new law in the United Kingdom mandating penalties for using a hand held mobile phone while driving, to compare compliance with this law with the one on the use of seat belts, and to compare compliance with these laws between drivers of four wheel drive vehicles and drivers of normal cars.
designObservational study with two phases-one within the "grace" period, the other starting one week after penalties were imposed on drivers using such telephones.
settingThree busy sites in London.
participantsDrivers of 38,182 normal cars and 2944 four wheel drive vehicles.
main outcome measuresProportions of drivers seen to be using hand held mobile phones and not using seat belts.
resultsDrivers of four wheel drive vehicles were more likely than drivers of other cars to be seen using hand held mobile phones (8.2% v 2.0%) and not complying with the law on seat belts (19.5% v 15.0%). Levels of non-compliance with both laws were slightly higher in the penalty phase of observation, and breaking one law was associated with increased likelihood of breaking the other.
conclusionsThe level of non-compliance with the law on the use of hand held mobile phones by drivers in London is high, as is non-compliance with the law on seat belts. Drivers of four wheel drive vehicles were four times more likely than drivers of other cars to be seen using hand held mobile phones and slightly more likely not to comply with the law on seat belts.
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