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ArticleAccident; analysis and prevention2023

Short-term impacts of all-driver handheld cellphone bans on high-schoolers' texting while driving: quasi-experimental analyses of Illinois and Georgia.

Marco H Benedetti, David C Schwebel, Bo Lu, Toni M Rudisill, Gary A Smith, Motao Zhu

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  1. Teen Texting While Driving in Association With All-Driver and Young-Driver Cellphone Laws.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025
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Marco H BenedettiThe Center for Injury Research and Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
David C SchwebelDepartment of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 415 Campbell Hall, 701 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Bo LuDivision of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 250 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Toni M RudisillDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, 64 Medical Center Drive, PO Box 9190, Morgantown, WV 26595, USA.
Gary A SmithThe Center for Injury Research and Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA; Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 370 W. 9(th) Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 250 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Motao ZhuThe Center for Injury Research and Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA; Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 370 W. 9(th) Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 250 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: Motao.Zhu@NationwideChildrens.org.

Funding

Randomized trial on mobile technology to reduce young drivers’ cellphone useR01HD102439 · NICHD · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI ZHU, MOTAO · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Do Cell Phone Laws Reducing Calling, Texting, and Crashes Among Young DriversR01HD074594 · NICHD · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI ZHU, MOTAO · 2013 to 2021
$2.0M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD074594NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD102439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Teen drivers are more likely than their older counterparts to engage in distracted driving. Many states prohibit cellphone use for teen drivers, but only prohibit texting for all drivers. Evidence that these laws have been effective is mixed. We hypothesize that recent policy changes in Georgia and Illinois from teen cellphone bans with all-driver texting bans to all-driver handheld phone bans yielded short-term reductions in teen texting while driving. We analyzed Youth Risk Behavior Surveys in Georgia, Illinois, and control states North Carolina and Michigan. We estimated the reduction in texting while driving associated with policy changes via difference-in-differences models. In Illinois, 45.4 % of high school drivers texted while driving in 2013. After a 2014 policy change to an all-driver handheld ban, the percentage decreased in 2015 to 41.8 %, and decreased further in 2017 to 37.7 %. The adjusted DID estimate comparing Illinois to Michigan from 2013 to 2017 was -8.3 % (95 % CI: -15.5 % 1.1 %; p-value = 0.025). In Georgia, the percentage decreased from 37.5 % before the law to 30.8 % after, and the adjusted DID estimate comparing Georgia to North Carolina was -10.8 % (95 % CI: -19.0 %, -2.5 %; p-value = 0.011) than in North Carolina. Results support all-driver handheld phone bans to improve traffic safety for high school drivers.

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Automobile DrivingCell PhoneDistracted DrivingText MessagingAccidents, TrafficAdolescentGeorgiaHumansIllinoisSurveys and QuestionnairesCellphone policyDifference-in-differencesDistracted drivingTeen drivingTexting while drivingTraffic safety

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