title: Driver hand-held mobile phone use and safety belt use.
abstract: The purposes of the study were to identify hand-held mobile phone use trends for Michigan and to compare safety belt use between users and nonusers. Mobile phone and safety belt use was investigated by a direct observation survey of drivers at intersections in Michigan. Data were weighted to calculate mobile phone use and safety belt use rates statewide. The study showed 2.7% of Michigan drivers were using a mobile phone at any given daylight time. Safety belt use of current mobile phone users was significantly lower than those not using mobile phones.
authors.affiliation: UMTRI-Social and Behavioral Analysis Division, Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150, USA. eby@umich.edu
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Eby
authors.forename: Jonathon M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vivoda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*