Mobile phone use while driving in a sample of Spanish university workers

Safety Risk of Mobile Phone Use while Driving in Sample of Taxi Drivers

“…Safety (not involved in dangerous situations while driving) is decreased by 4.8 percent if taxi drivers use more mobile phone in a day. This self-reported finding is supported by some studies which found there was a significant correlation between frequencies of mobile phone use or the daily mobile phone use time and the risk of being involved in a crash [3,40]. In the current study the taxi drivers reported that they had experienced more dangerous situations while using hand-held phones than using hands-free ones.…”

“…The study identified that one-third of taxi drivers read or write text-messages while driving. Text-messaging rate found by Gras et al (2007) was 27% among the sample of Spanish university workers [40]. In another study [39], 100.0% of the group reported talking and 72.5% of participants reported text-messaging on a cellular phone while driving at least some of the time.…”

“…In other words, this result apparently shows that most of the taxi drivers in Turkey are currently ignoring the law. This is a common problem for other countries in which most drivers use a hand-held mobile phone while driving [3,23,40]. The study identified that one-third of taxi drivers read or write text-messages while driving.…”

Behavioural Pattern of Mobile Phone Usage while Driving among Educated Young Adults in Klang Valley

“…This study found that 66.6% of the participants used mobile phones while driving. %his finding is similar to those reported in Spain (60%) (Gras et al, 2007) and New Zealand (57.3%) (Sullman & Baas, 2004). However, the result is considerably lower than the results showed in studies done in Finland (80%) (Pöysti, Rajalin, & Summala, 2005) and in Australia (77%) (White et al, 2010).…”

“…A self reported questionnaire modified from Gras et al, (2007) was used for this survey. The questions includes questions regarding participants' gender, age and driving behaviour.…”