Observational studyAnnals of epidemiology2016
The association between handheld phone bans and the prevalence of handheld phone conversations among young drivers in the United States.
Observational study in Annals of epidemiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Demographic characteristics and trends of cell phone use while driving citations in selected states in the United States, 2010-2020.Traffic injury prevention · 2024Article
- Short-term impacts of all-driver handheld cellphone bans on high-schoolers' texting while driving: quasi-experimental analyses of Illinois and Georgia.Accident; analysis and prevention · 2023Article
- Support for distracted driving laws: An analysis of adolescent drivers from the Traffic Safety Culture Index from 2011 to 2017.Transportation research. Part F, Traffic psychology and behaviour · 2021Article
- Cellphone laws and teens' calling while driving: analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.Injury epidemiology · 2020Article
- Validation of not-at-fault driver representativeness assumption for quasi-induced exposure using U.S. national traffic databases.Journal of safety research · 2019Article
- Texting-While-Driving Bans and Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Emergency Department Visits in 16 US States: 2007-2014.American journal of public health · 2019Article
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- Cellphone Legislation and Self-Reported Behaviors Among Subgroups of Adolescent U.S. Drivers.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeFourteen US states and the District of Columbia have banned handheld phone use for all drivers. We examined whether such legislation was associated with reduced handheld phone conversations among drivers aged younger than 25 years.
methodsData from the 2008 to 2013 National Occupant Protection Use Survey were merged with states' legislation. The outcome was roadside-observed handheld phone conversation at stop signs or lights. Logistic regression was used.
resultsA total of 32,784 young drivers were observed. Relative to drivers who were observed in states without a universal handheld phone ban, the adjusted odds ratio of phone conversation was 0.42 (95% confidence interval, 0.33-0.53) for drivers who were observed in states with bans. The relative reduction in phone conversation was 46% (23%, 61%) for laws that were effective less than 1 year, 55% (32%, 70%) for 1-2 years, 63% (51%, 72%) for 2 years or more, relative to no laws.
conclusionsUniversal handheld phone bans may be effective at reducing handheld phone use among young drivers.
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