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Cellular Telephones and Driving Performance: The Effects of Attentional Demands on Motor Vehicle Crash Risk

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  • James Hunton
  • Jacob M. Rose

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This study examines the effects of conversation mode and split‐attention communication training on driving performance. The study is based on an experiment where drivers with and without communication training (pilots vs. nonpilots) completed a simulated driving course while involved in one of three conversation modes: no conversation, conversation with passenger, or conversation on a hands‐free cellular telephone. Results indicate that cellular telephone conversations consume more attention and interfere more with driving than passenger conversations. Cell phone conversations lack the nonverbal cues available during close‐contact conversations and conversation participants expend significant cognitive resources to compensate for the lack of such cues. The results also demonstrate that communication training may reduce the hazardous effects of cell phone conversations on driving performance.

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  • James Hunton & Jacob M. Rose, 2005. "Cellular Telephones and Driving Performance: The Effects of Attentional Demands on Motor Vehicle Crash Risk," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(4), pages 855-866, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:25:y:2005:i:4:p:855-866
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00637.x
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    1. Joshua T. Cohen & John D. Graham, 2003. "A Revised Economic Analysis of Restrictions on the Use of Cell Phones While Driving," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 23(1), pages 5-17, February.
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