title: Are radar detector users less safe than nonusers?
abstract: One hundred and seventy-four drivers who had purchased special insurance coverage during 1988-1989 for in-vehicle equipment that included a radar detector were compared to a similarly sized and sociodemographically stratified driver population random sample. It was found that the radar detector owners had significantly more accident claims and speeding convictions during the period 1986-1989 than those representing the general driver population.
authors.affiliation: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pinili
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology; D001336:Automobiles; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D007346:Insurance, Accident; D011825:Radar; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013672:Technology; D014481:United States